Parkinsonia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. (1753) 375; Polhill & J.E. Vidal in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv Leg. syst I 81) 94; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. (1983) 46; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 726.
Type species: Parkinsonia aculeata Linnaeus