Date de publication : Linnaea, 30(6): 705. 1861 [03/1861 fide R.C. Foster, J. Arnold Arbor. 43: (400-)405-406(-409). 1962].

Homonymie : non Psidium laurifolium O.Berg, Linnaea, 27(3-3): 364-365. 1856 [= Psidium guineense Sw. 1788] (Costa Rica)!

Type : "Psidium laurifolium L. Cl. Richard. herb. [...] Habitat in silvis Cayennae, floret Octobri - Novembri (Rich.)." [protologue].
Guyane française, Cayenne, "Psidium laurifolium [scrips. Rich.]", "Psidium Richardianum [scrips. O.Berg]", L.C.M. Richard s.n. (HT: P00258449, P00258450, P00258452 [ex hb. Richard]; IT(?): P00678193 [ex hb. Jussieu 13845, holotype de P. guyanense Pers. 1806]).