Heliotropium curassavicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 130. 1753.

"Habitat in Americae calidioris maritimis." RCN: 1060.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Boraginaceae: 67. 1991): [icon] " Heliotropium Curassavicum foliis Lini umbilicati" in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 3: 452, s. 11, t. 31, f. 12. 1699. - Typotype: Herb. Morison? (OXF) .

Current name: Heliotropium curassavicum L. ( Boraginaceae).