Schizolobium Vogel, Linnaea 11 (1837) 399; Polhill & J.E. Vidal in Polhill & Raven (eds.), Adv. Leg syst. l (1981) 90; Watson & Dallwitz, Gen. Leg.-Caesalp. (1983) 51; Hou, Larsen & Larsen, Fl. Malesiana 12 (1996) 728.
Type species: Schizalobium excelsum Vogel (= Schizolobium parahybum (Vellozo) Blake).