Tournefortia volubilis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 140. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica, Mexico, arbores scandens." RCN: 1134.

Lectotype (Miller in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 804. 2004): [icon] " Bryonia nigra fruticosa, racemi ramulis varie implicitis, atque caudae scorpionis instar in se contortis, baccis albis una vel altera nigra macula notatis" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 234, t. 143, f. 2. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 4: 92 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Tournefortia volubilis L. ( Boraginaceae).