Piscidia erythrina Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1155. 1759, nom. illeg.

["Habitat in America calidiore."] Sp. Pl. 2: 707. 1753. RCN: 5179.

Replaced synonym: Erythrina piscipula L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Rudd in Phytologia 18: 486. 1969): [icon] " Coral arbor polyphylla non spinosa, fraxini folio, siliqua alis foliaceis extantibus, rotae molendinariae fluviatilis, vel seminum laserpitii instar, aucta " in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 39, t. 176, f. 4, 5. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 6: 18 (BM-SL) .

Generitype of Piscidia Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Piscidia piscipula (L.) Sarg. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Piscidia Linnaeus, nom. cons. against Ichthyomethia P. Browne.