Grisebach, A.H.R. (1860), Flora of the British West Indian Islands 3: 225 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Mimosa saman Jacq. legitimate

Barneby, R.C. & Grimes, J.W. (1996), Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 74(1): 119 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. legitimate

Cowan, R.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Mimosaceae. Flora of Australia 12: 32 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. legitimate

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