Verbena prismatica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 19. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 155.

Neotype (Moldenke in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 98. 1940): Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 35.3 (LINN) . - Epitype ( Méndez Santos & Cafferty in Taxon 50: 1140. 2002): Jamaica. St Andrew Parish, banks of Hope River bed E of University of West Indies campus just E of Kingston, 13 Jun 1963, Crosby & al. 132 (US; iso- DUKE).

Current name: Bouchea prismatica (L.) Kuntze ( Verbenaceae).

Note: See Méndez Santos & Cafferty (in Taxon 50: 1139. 2002) who change Moldenke’s stated type choice to a neotype under Art. 9.8, and designate an epitype in its support.