Type : "Species Asiaticae mihi notae distribui possunt in duas sectionis jam ab Arnottio in Wight et Arn. Prodr. [i.e. Arn.
in Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient., 1:
264-
266. 10/10/1834, fide TL-2,
17576] e staminum indole derivatas, addita tertia e leguminis forma sumta. [...]
2.
Selenilobium. Stamina Sissae, legumen breve lunulatum monospermum: 19
D. monosperma Dalz. [...] 20
D. spinosa Grah. [...]." [protologue].
Dalbergia spinosa Roxb., Hort. Bengal.
98. 1814 [07-12/1814, fide TL-2,
9721][lectotype désigné par A.M. Carvalho, Brittonia, 49:
88. 1997] (Inde).