Cleome aculeata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 3: 232. 1768.

"Habitat in America. D. Zoega." RCN: 4901.

Lectotype (Al-Shehbaz in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 301. 1988): Zoega, Herb. Linn. No. 850.17 (LINN), see p. 235.

Current name: Capparis aculeata L. (Capparaceae).