Amyris opobalsamum Linnaeus, Opobalsamum Declaratum: 14. 1764.

"Habitat in Arbia [sic]" RCN: 2684.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Alpino, De Plantis Aegypti: 48, 60. 1640.

Current name: Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engl. ( Burseraceae).