Plumeria rubra Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 209. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica, Surinamo." RCN: 1731.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 44. 1983): [icon] " Nerium arboreum, folio maximo obtusiore, flore incarnato " in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 61, t. 185. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 6: 56 (BMSL) .

Generitype of Plumeria Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 136. 1929).

Current name: Plumeria rubra L. ( Apocynaceae).