Ammannia latifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 119. 1753.

"Habitat in Caribaeis, locis humidis." RCN: 986.

Lectotype (Graham in J. Arnold Arbor. 66: 411. 1985): Herb. Linn. No. 156.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Ammannia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 126. 1929).

Current name: Ammannia latifolia L. ( Lythraceae).