Fagara octandra Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 125; Mantissa Plantarum: 40. 1767, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Curaçao duris." RCN: 970.

Replaced synonym: Elaphrium tomentosum Jacq. (1760) .

Type not designated.

Current name: Bursera tomentosa (Jacq.) Triana & Planch. ( Burseraceae).

Note: A superfluous name for Elaphrium tomentosum Jacq. (1760) .