Doyerea emetocathartica Grosourdy (Méd. Bot. Criollo 1(2): 338. 1864.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Grenada, the Grenadines, Martinique, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, ) ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Batata de burro (Dominican Republic), Batata zandumbia (Dominican Republic), Batata zombomba (Dominican Republic),
Synonyms: Anguria glomerata Eggers (Fl. St. Croix 55. 1879.), Corallocarpus emetocatharticus (Grosourdy) Cogn. (Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 30: 279. 1891.), Corallocarpus glomeratus (Eggers) Cogn. (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle & A.C.P. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 658. 1881.), Corallocarpus glomeratus (Eggers) Cogn. var. gracilis Cogn. (Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 284. 1886.), Fevillea hederacea Poir. (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 419. 1797.),
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