Caryocar nuciferum Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 247. 1771.

"Habitat in Berbices & Essequebo." RCN: 3961.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Generitype of Caryocar Linnaeus.

Current name: Caryocar nucifera L. ( Caryocaraceae).

Note: This name was evidently based on an Allemand description, but Linnaeus may never have seen a specimen (see Prance in Fl. Neotropica 12: 34. 1973).