Chamaedorea elegans Mart. in Linnaea 5: 204-205. 1830 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Chamaedorea elegans var. angustifolia M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 122. 1843 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Collinia elegans var. angustifolia (M. Martens & Galeotti) M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 122. 1843 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Collinia elegans (Mart.) Liebm. in Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider 1845: 8. 1846 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Chamaedorea deppeana Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 362. 1852 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Collinia deppeana (Klotzsch) Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 362. 1852 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Collinia humilis (Mart.) Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn 1858: 6. 1859 syn. sec. Quero 1994
- =Nunnezharia elegans (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. 2: 730. 1891 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Nunnezharia humilis (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. 2: 730. 1891 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Nunnezharia pulchella (Linden ex Hemsl.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. 2: 731. 1891 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Chamaedorea pulchella Linden ex Hemsl. in Bot. Mag. 130: t. 7959. 1904 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Neanthe bella O.F. Cook in Science 86: 120. 1937 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008