; J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 87: 451 (1818)
Distribution: Tropical America from Mexico to Argentina, incl. Caribbean
= Anomoctenium Pichon; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 226 (1945 publ. 1946)
= Bothriopodium Rizzini; Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 9: 70 (1949)
= Distictella Kuntze; Lex. Gen. Phan. [Post & Kuntze] 182 (1903 publ. 1904)
= Distictis Bureau; Monogr. Bignon. 46 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Distictis Mart. ex Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner] 1: 300 (1840)
= Endoloma Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 79 (1838)
= Glaziova Bureau; Adansonia 8: 380 (1868)
= Haplolophium Cham.; Linnaea 7: 556 (1832)
= Leiogyne K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 8(2): 165 (1896)
= Macrodiscus Bureau; Monogr. Bignon. 46 (1864)
= Nevesarmondia K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 302 (1897)
= Phaedranthus Miers; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 182 (1863)
= Pithecoctenium Mart. ex DC.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner] 300 (1840)
= Urbanolophium Melch.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 46: 79 (1927)
= Wunschmannia Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 494 (1908)