Haematoxylum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. (1753) 384; Polhill & J.E. Vidal in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. I (1981) 93; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. (1983) 31; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 723.
Type species: Haematoxylum campechianum Linnaeus.