Psychotria nervosa Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 43. 1788 sec. Lorence 2011
- =Psychotria undata Jacq., Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 5. 1798 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Psychotria hirta Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. (ed. 15 bis) 5: 191. 1819 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Psychotria rufescens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 364. 1819 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Psychotria elongata Benth. in Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852(2–4): 32. 1853 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Psychotria granadensis Benth. ex Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852(2–4): 34–35. 1853 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Uragoga granadensis (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 960. 1891 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006
- =Psychotria quiinifolia Dwyer in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 53(1): 108. 1966 syn. sec. Borhidi 2006