Type : "Simaba cuspidata Spruce Exsicc. n. 1751!. [...] Habitat in prov. do Alto Amazonas ad oram septentrionalem fluminis Amazonum ad ostium fl. Rio Negro: Spruce 1751. Etiam in Surinamia: Splitgerber!." [protologue].
Brésil, Amazonas, embouchure du Rio Negro, shady forest, 08/1851, fleurs. Small tree, 15 ft. Fls. white. Foliola 1-7. R. Spruce 1751 (HT: B [détruit; photo:
F neg. 12534]: LT: NY [désigné par W.W. Thomas, 1987]; ILT:
BM000798456,
E00296298,
FI006379,
G00342780,
G00342792,
K000536886 [ex hb. Hook.],
K000536887 [ex hb. Benth.],
P01817247,
P01817246,
P01817247,
TCD0003995).
Suriname, F.L. Splitgerber 927 (PT:
L0413009).