Afzelia J.E.Smith, Trans. Linn. Soc. 4 (1798) 221, nom. cons., non J.E. Gmelin, 1791 (= Seymeria Pursh., Scrophulariaceae ); Cowan & Polhill in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. 1 (1981) 128; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. (1983) 7; Ding Hou, Blumea 38 (1994) 316; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 438.
Type species: Afzelia africana J.E. Smith ex Pers.
Pahudia Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, 1 (1855) 85.
Type species: Pahudia javanica Miq. (= Afzelia javanica (Miq.) Léonard).