Burmannia flava Mart., Nov. Gen. sp. pl. 1: 11. t. 5, f. 3. 1823 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tripterella flava (Mart.) Schult., Mant. 2 (Add. ad Mant. cl. 3): 357 (109). 1824 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Burmannia flavula C. Wright, Anal. Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 51. 1871 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Burmannia flava var. macroptera Jonker in Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 51: 85. f. 8b. 1938 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008