Cedrela odorata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 940. 1759.

["Habitat in America meridionali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 289 (1762). RCN: 1623.

Lectotype (Smith in Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 298. I960): [icon] " Cedrela foliis majoribus pinnatis, floribus laxe racemosis, ligno levi odorato" in Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 158, t. 10, f. 1. 1756.

Current name: Cedrela odorata L. ( Meliaceae).