Aspidosperma curranii Standl., Trop. Woods 36: 14. 1933.

≡ Aspidosperma megalocarpon subsp. curranii (Standl.) Marc. - Ferr. in Revista Brasil. Bot. 14(2): 129. 1991.

Holotype:— COLOMBIA. Caldas: Buenavista, Magdalena River, alt. 170 m, 11 Jul 1917, H.N. Whitford & J. Pinzón 2 (F [barcode V0092450F image!]; isotypes: A [barcode 00057206 image!], GH [barcode 00057205 image!], K [barcode K001492763 image!], NY [barcode 00297955 image!], P [barcode P00639592 image!], US [barcode 00111787 image!], WIS [barcode 00000917MAD image!]) .

“ Cufodontia curranii ” (Standl.) Woodson, mss. in sched.

Notes —The specimen cited by Woodson (1951) as the type of A. curranii (“Curran 294”) is a paratype.

Marcondes-Ferreira (1991) treated A. curranii as a subspecies of A. megalocarpon Müll.Arg. However, we consider A. curranii as a distinct species because it presents smaller inflorescences (1–1.3 vs. 2–2.4 cm long) and yellowish follicles (vs. brownish) with inconspicuous lenticels (vs. conspicuous).