Byttneria aculeata (Jacq.) Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 76-77. 1763 sec. Lott 1985
- =Chaetaea aculeata Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 17. 1760 syn. sec. ???
- =Byttneria carthagenensis Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. (ed. 1780-1781): 41. 1780 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Byttneria lanceolata DC., Prodr. 1: 487. 1824 syn. sec. Sosa 1995
- =Byttneria lateralis C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2(2): 144. 1835 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Byttneria guatemalensis Loes. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 55: 171. 1913 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013