Mimosa ceratonia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 523. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 7694.

Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 367. 1988): [icon] " Mimosa aculeata, foliis bipinnatis, propriis trijugis" in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 4, t. 8. 1755.

Current name: Mimosa ceratonia L. ( Fabaceae: Mimosoideae).