Piper amalago Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 29. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 235.

Lectotype (Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 400. 1973): [icon] " Piper longum arboreum altius, folio nervoso minore, spica graciliori et breviori " in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 134, t. 87, f. 1. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 2: 80 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Piper amalago L. ( Piperaceae).