Turnera cistoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 387. 1762.

"Habitat in America meridionali, Jamaica, Surinami." RCN: 2156.

Lectotype (Arbo in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 350. 1990): Rolander, Herb. Linn. No. 384.6 (LINN) .

Current name: Piriqueta cistoides (L.) Griseb. ( Turneraceae).