Cynometra Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. (1753) 382; Gen. Pl., ed. 5 (1754) 179; Knaap-van Meeuwen, Blumea 18 (1970) 12; Verdcourt, Man. New Guin. Legumes (1979) 77; Cowan & Polhill in Polhill & Raven (eds.) Adv. Leg. Syst. 1 (1981) 124; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. (1983) 22; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 597.
Lectotype species (Britton & Wilson 1926): Cynometra cauliflora Linnaeus