Acalypha vagans Cav. in Anales Hist. Nat. 2: 139. 1800 sec. Martínez-Gordillo & al. 2002
- =Acalypha leptoclada Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulph. 1846 syn. sec. Martínez-Gordillo & al. 2006
- =Acalypha vagans var. glandulosa Müll. Arg. in Linnaea 34: 161. 1865 syn. sec. Martínez-Gordillo & al. 2006
- =Ricinocarpos leptocladus (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618. 1891 syn. sec. Martínez-Gordillo & al. 2006
- =Ricinocarpos vagans (Cav.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618. 1891 syn. sec. Martínez-Gordillo & al. 2006
- =Acalypha acapulcensis Fernald in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 33(5): 87. 1897 syn. sec. Martínez-Gordillo & al. 2006
- =Acalypha scutellariifolia Klotzsch ex Pax & K. Hoffm., Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4(85): 59. 1924 syn. sec. Martínez-Gordillo & al. 2006