Sida spinosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 683. 1753.

"Habitat in India utraque." RCN: 5008.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 5: 111. 1926): Herb. Linn. No. 866.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Sida spinosa L. ( Malvaceae).

Note: The type has been figured by Rodrigo (in Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot., n.s., 6(24): pl. 13. 1944) and Ughborogho (in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér . 2, 54: 15, f. 5a. 1982).