Pterolobium R. Brown [in Salt, Abyss. App. 1814, 64, nom. nud.] ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1 (1834) 283, nom. cons.; J.E. Vidal & Hul Thol, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris III, 227 (Bot. 15) (1974) 2; Polhill & J.E. Vidal in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg. Syst. 1 (1981) 93; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. (1983) 50; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 654.
Type species: Pterolobium lacerans R. Br., nom. illeg. [= Peltophorum stellatum (Forssk.) Brenan].