Tripogandra purpurascens (S. Schauer) Handlos in Baileya 17: 33. 1970 sec. Espejo & López-Ferrari 2013
- ≡Tradescantia purpurascens S. Schauer in Linnaea 19: 700. 1847 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tradescantia minuta C.B. Clarke, Monogr. phan. 3: 307-308. 1881 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tradescantia parvula Brandegee in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 51. 1914 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Descantaria minuta (C.B. Clarke) G. Brückn. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 56. 1927 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tripogandra minuta (C.B. Clarke) Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 153. 1942 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008