Copaifera officinalis (N.J. Jacquin) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 557. 1762.

"Habitat in Brasilia, Antilles." RCN: 3126.

Basionym: Copaiva officinalis Jacq. (1760) .

Type not designated.

Generitype of Copaifera Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Copaifera officinalis (Jacq.) L. ( Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae).

Note: Copaifera Linnaeus, nom. cons. against Copaiba Mill. and Copaiva Jacq.