Pohl, J. B. E. 1826. Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 13.
Baillon, H. E. 1864. Adansonia. 4: 266.
Type Status:
Possible syntype
Place:
[Gardner records without date or precise locality], Brazil, South America - Neotropics
Notes:
Annotated (2014) as "Isotype of: Jatropha officinalis Mart. Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 13. 1826" but that name is a nom. nud., published only as a synonym of Adenoropium ellipticum Pohl.