Justicia breviflora (Nees) Rusby in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27(2): 78. 1900 sec. Daniel 2004
- ≡Rhytiglossa breviflora Nees, Prodr. 11: 352. 1847 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Rhytiglossa ovatifolia Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 156. 1855 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Dianthera breviflora (Nees) Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(12): 517. 1882 syn. sec. ???
- =Dianthera peckii Blake in Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 97–98. 1917 syn. sec. ???
- =Dianthera riparia S.F. Blake in Contr. Gray Herb. 24(1): 25–26. 1922 syn. sec. ???
- =Justicia peckii (Blake) Standl. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 12: 369. 1936 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013