Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 9(4): 457. 1928 sec. Maréchal & al. 1978
- =Phaseolus atropurpureus Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Prodr. 2: 395. 1825 syn. sec. Téllez-Valdés 2009
- =Phaseolus schiedeanus Schltdl. in Linnaea 12(3): 323-324. 1838 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Phaseolus canescens M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 196. 1843 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Phaseolus dysophyllus Benth., Pl. Hartw.: 287. 1848 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Phaseolus atropurpureus var. sericeus A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 156. 1861 syn. sec. ???
- =Phaseolus affinis Piper in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22(9): 682. 1926 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013