Samyda guidonia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 443. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 3120.

Lectotype (Pennington, Fl. Neotropica 28: 265. 1981): [icon] " Samyda foliis ovatis acuminatis" in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 139, t. 147, f. 2. 1757.

Generitype of Samyda Linnaeus, nom. rej.

Current name: Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer ( Meliaceae).

Note: Samyda Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Samyda Jacq.