Sideroxylon obtusifolium subsp. buxifolium (Roem. & Schult.) T.D. Penn., Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 116. 1990 sec. Martínez-Salas 2011
- =Bumelia obtusifolia var. buxifolia (Roem. & Schult.) Miq., Fl. Bras. 7: 47-48, t. 19, f. 2. 1863 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Bumelia mayana Standl. in Trop. Woods 31: 41. 1932 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013