Tabernaemontana laurifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 210. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica ad ripas fluviorum." RCN: 1738.

Lectotype (Stearn in J. Arnold Arbor. 52: 616. 1971): [icon] " Nerium arboreum folio latiore obtuso flore luteo minore" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 62, t. 186, f. 2. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 6: 58 (BM-SL), see also p. 31 and above right.

Current name: Tabernaemontana laurifolia L. ( Apocynaceae).