Viscum opuntioides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1023. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica, parasitica." RCN: 7405.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 397.3 (S); [icon] in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 93, t. 201, f. 2. 1725 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 6: 109 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Dendrophthora opuntioides (L.) Eichl. ( Loranthaceae).