Mimosa zygia Linnaeus, Flora Jamaicensis: 22. 1759.

"Habitat [in Jamaica.]"

Lectotype (Rico in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 476. 1997): [icon] " Zygia arborescens, foliis ovatis paucioribus jugatis, floribus spicillatis" in Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 279, t. 22, f. 3. 1756.

Current name: Zygia latifolia (L.) Fawc. & Rendle ( Fabaceae: Mimosoideae).