Elytraria imbricata (Vahl) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 23. 1805 sec. Daniel & McDade 2014
- ≡Justicia imbricata Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 1: 1. 1797 syn. sec. Daniel & Acosta 2003
- =Elytraria tridentata Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 107. 1805, nom. illeg. syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Elytraria frondosa Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 234. 1818 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Elytraria scorpioides Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 128. 1822 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Tubiflora squamosa (Jacq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 500. 1891, nom. illeg. syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Elytraria squamosa (Jacq.) Lindau in Anales Inst. Fis.-Geogr. Nac. Costa Rica 8: 299. 1895 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013