Heliconia spissa Griggs, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 652. 1903 sec. Gutiérrez Báez 2000
- ≡Bihai spissa (Griggs) Griggs, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 445. 1904 syn. sec. Gutiérrez Báez 2000
- ≡Heliconia schiedeana var. spissa (Griggs) R.R. Sm., Phytologia 36: 260. 1977 syn. sec. Gutiérrez Báez 2000
- =Heliconia pochutlensis Conz., Fl. Taxon Mex. 3: 129. 1947 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008