Bontia daphnoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 638. 1753.

"Habitat in Barbados." RCN: 4641.

Lectotype (Chinnock in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 25. 1993): [icon] " Bontia Laureolae facie" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 57, t. 49, f. 57. 1732 (JE).

Generitype of Bontia Linnaeus.

Current name: Bontia daphnoides L. ( Myoporaceae).