Spermacoce verticillata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 102. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica, Africa." RCN: 838.

Lectotype (Rendle in J. Bot. 72: 331. 1934): [icon] " Spermacoce verticillis globosis" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 369, t. 277, f. 358. 1732.

Current name: Spermacoce verticillata L. ( Rubiaceae).