Justicia aurea Schltdl. in Linnaea 7: 393. 1832 sec. Daniel & Acosta 2003
- =Cyrtanthera aurea (Schltdl.) Nees, Prodr. 11: 329. 1847 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Cyrtanthera aurea var. glaberrima Nees, Prodr. (DC.) 11: 329. 1847 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Cyrtanthera catalpifolia Nees in Bot. Mag. 75: t. 4444. 1849 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Jacobinia aurea (Schltdl.) Hemsl., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic. 2: 35-36. 1879 syn. sec. Daniel & Acosta 2003
- =Ecbolium umbrosum (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 981. 1891 syn. sec. ???
- =Jacobinia catalpaefolia (Nees) M. Gómez, Noc. Bot. Sistemat.: 80. 1893 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Justicia umbrosa (Nees) Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19(48): 20. 1894 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Jacobinia umbrosa (Benth.) S.F. Blake in Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 103. 1917 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013