Guarea trichilioides Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 228. 1771, nom. illeg.

["Habitat in Brasilia aliisque indiae occidentalis."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 551 (1762). RCN: 2679.

Replaced synonym: Melia guara Jacq. (1760); Trichilia guara (Jacq.) L. (1762) .

Type not designated.

Generitype of Guarea Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer ( Meliaceae).

Note: Guarea Linnaeus, nom. cons, against Elutheria P. Browne. This name is an illegitimate new name in Guarea for Melia guara Jacq. (1760), " Guarea guara " not (quite) being a tautonym.