Morisonia flexuosa Linnaeus, Plantarum Jamaicensium Pugillus: 14. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 722 (1762). RCN: 3828.

Basionym of: Capparis flexuosa (L.) L. (1762) .

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 3: 234. 1914): Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 664.10 (LINN) .

Current name: Capparis flexuosa (L.) L. ( Capparaceae).

Note: Rankin & Greuter (in Willdenowia 34: 261. 2004) attribute the type choice to Fawcett & Rendle’s earlier account (in J. Bot. 52: 142. May 1914), where they use the expression "founded upon". However, this is not accepted here as effecting typification.