Calathea crotalifera S. Watson in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 86. 1889 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Calathea insignis Petersen, Fl. bras. 3 parte 3: 124. 1890 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Phyllodes insigne (Petersen) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. 2: 696. 1891 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Calathea sclerobractea K. Schum., Pflanzenr. IV. 48 (Heft 11): 73. 1902 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Calathea quadratispica Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 26: 278. 1939 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008