Cerbera ahouai Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 208. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 1706.

Conserved type (Leeuwenberg in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 94. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 76, Plumeria 1, branch, fruit and lower right flower (BM-000558144) .

Generitype of Thevetia Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Thevetia ahouai (L.) DC. ( Apocynaceae).

Note: Thevetia Linnaeus, nom. cons, against Ahouai Mill. Cerbera ahouai is the basionym of the generitype, Thevetia ahouai (L.) DC.