Commelina Delile, Liliac. 7: pl. 390. 1812 sec. López-Ferrari & al. 2014
- =Phaeosphaerion Hassk. in Flora 49: 212. 1866 syn. sec. López-Ferrari & al. 2014
- =Athyrocarpus Schltdl. ex Benth., Gen. Pl. 3: 847. 1883 syn. sec. Stevens 2001
- =Commelinopsis Pichon in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 227. 1946 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008