Atropa arborescens Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 10. 1756.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 1442.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Acnistus arborescens (L.) Schltr. ( Solanaceae).

Note: Although Howard (Fl. Lesser Antilles 6: 265. 1989) indicated the "Plum. Spec. 1" reference as “type”, this is not accompanied directly by an illustration. While the same polynomial is figured by Burman as his t. 46, f. 1, Howard cannot be deemed to have made a formal typification.