Solanum igneum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 270. 1762.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 1489.

Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 6: 293. 1989): [icon] " Solanum spiniferum frutescens spinis igneis Americanum" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 225, f. 5. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 350. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 98: 61; 102: 26 (BM-SL).

Current name: Solanum bahamense L. ( Solanaceae).

Note: See detailed discussion by Knapp & Jarvis (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 104: 339, f. 10. 1991) who, unaware of Howard’s earlier choice, designated 248.43 (LINN) as lectotype.