Portlandia grandiflora Linnaeus , Systema Naturae , ed. 10, 2 : 928. 1759 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P) Jarvis, Charlie L. Linnaeus 1759 Magnoliopsida Rubiaceae Portlandia GBIF,CoL,IPNI Plantae Gentianales Tracheophyta species grandiflora      Portlandia grandifloraLinnaeus,  Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 928. 1759.  ["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 244 (1762). RCN: 1357.   Lectotype(Aiello in J. Arnold Arbor.60: 100. 1979): [icon] " Portlandiafoliis majoribus nitidis ovatis oppositis, floribus amplissimis"in Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 164, t. 11. 1756.