| Name | Ricinus apelta Loureiro |
| Authorship | Loureiro |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Ricinus Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:355491-1 |
| Citation | 1790 Fl. Cochinch. 585 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Ricinus apelta Loureiro |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |