Commelina obliqua Vahl, Enum. pl. 2: 173. 1805 sec. Hunt 1998
- =Commelina robusta Kunth, Enum. pl. 4: 52. 1843 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina monticola Seub., Fl. bras. 3 parte 1: 264. 1855 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina scabrata Seub., Fl. bras. 3 parte 1: 266. 1855 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina vestita Seub., Fl. bras. 3 parte 1: 264-265. 1855 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina erecta var. obliqua (Vahl) C.B. Clarke, Monogr. phan. 3: 181. 1881 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina monticola var. vestita (Seub.) C.B. Clarke, Monogr. phan. 3: 162. 1881 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Phaeosphaerion persicariifolium var. scabrata (Seub.) C.B. Clarke, Monogr. phan. 3: 137. 1881 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina robusta f. vestita (Seub.) Standl. & Steyerm. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 33. 1944 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008