| Name | Malpighia punicifolia Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Malpighia Linnaeus |
| Contains | Malpighia punicifolia var. vulgaris Niedenzu |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:557135-1 |
| Citation | 1762 Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1:609 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Malpighia punicifolia Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |