Painteria elachistophylla (A. Gray ex S. Watson) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23(1): 35. 1928 sec. Villaseñor 2016
- =Pithecellobium compactum Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8(1): 33–34. 1903 syn. sec. Andrade & al. 2012
- =Pithecellobium purpusii Brandegee in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4(3): 85. 1910 syn. sec. Andrade & al. 2012
- =Painteria compacta (Rose) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23(1): 36. 1928 syn. sec. Andrade & al. 2012