Guarea glabra Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 3: 8-9. 1807 sec. Germán-Ramírez 2011
- =Guarea excelsa Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 7: 227. 1825 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Sapindus glabrescens Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy.: 281. 1838 ["1841"] syn. sec. Villaseñor & al. 2010
- =Guarea bijuga C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 1: 567. 1878 syn. sec. Villaseñor & al. 2010
- =Guarea luxii C. DC. in Bot. Gaz. 19(1): 2. 1894 syn. sec. Villaseñor & al. 2010
- =Guarea tuerckheimii C. DC. in Botanical Gazette 33(4): 250. 1902 syn. sec. ???
- =Guarea tonduzii C. DC. in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 68(6): 4. 1917 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Guarea obtusata S.F. Blake in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 33: 118. 1920 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Guarea chiapensis Cuatrec. in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 34: 116. 1921 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Guarea excelsa subsp. dubia S.F. Blake in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 34: 116. 1921 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013