Randia armata (Sw.) DC., Prodr. 4: 387. 1830 sec. Borhidi 2006
- ≡Gardenia armata Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 51. 1788 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Mussaenda spinosa Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 70–71, t. 49. 1763 syn. sec. ???
- =Randia ovata Duchass. ex Griseb. in Bonplandia (Hannover) 6: 8. 1858 syn. sec. ???
- =Randia spinosa (Jacq.) H. Karst., Fl. Columb. 2: 128. 1866 ["1862"], nom. illeg. syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Basanacantha spinosa var. guatemalensis K. Schum. ex Loes. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 65: 110. 1923 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006