Commelina erecta L., Sp. Pl.: 41. 1753 sec. López-Ferrari & al. 2014
- =Commelina angustifolia Michx., Fl. bor.-amer. 1: 24. 1803 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina elegans Kunth, Nov. gen. sp. 1: 259-260. 1815 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina virginica var. angustifolia (Michx.) C.B. Clarke, Monogr. phan. 3: 183. 1881 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina swingleana Nash in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 160. 1895 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina crispa Wooton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 451. 1898 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina nashii Small, Fl. S. E. U. S.: 242. 1903 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina erecta var. crispa (Wooton) E.J. Palmer & Steyerm. in Rhodora 40: 131. 1938 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina erecta f. crispa (Wooton) Fernald in Rhodora 42: 440, t. 629, f. 4-5. 1940 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina erecta var. angustifolia (Michx.) Fernald in Rhodora 42: 439. 1940 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Commelina erecta var. typica Fernald in Rhodora 42: 438-439. t. 629, f. 1. 1940 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008