Anisacanthus quadrifidus (Vahl) Nees in Linnaea 16: 308. 1842 sec. Daniel & Acosta 2003
- =Justicia coccinea Cav. in Icon. Pl. 2: 77. 1794 syn. sec. Daniel & Acosta 2003
- =Justicia quadrifida Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 124. 1804 syn. sec. Daniel & Acosta 2003
- =Anisacanthus virgularis (Salisb.) Nees, Prodr. 11: 445. 1847 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Anisacanthus wrightii var. brevilobus S.H. Hagen in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 400. 1941 syn. sec. ???