Sophia carolina Linnaeus, Plantae Surinameses: 11. 1775.

"Habitat [in Surinamo.]" RCN: 5115.

Lectotype (Barrie in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 89. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 865.1

Generitype of Sophia Linnaeus.

Current name: Pachira aquatica Aubl. ( Bombacaceae).

Note: Sophia Adanson (1763, Brassicaceae) is an earlier homonym of Sophia Linnaeus (1775, Bombacaceae) but is a rejected name.