Boerhavia coccinea Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 8): no. 4. 1768 sec. Spellenberg 2001
- =Boerhavia caribaea Jacq., Observ. Bot. 4: 5-6, pl. 84. 1771 syn. sec. Spellenberg 2001
- =Boerhavia viscosa Lag. & Rodr. in Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 256. 1801 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Boerhavia viscosa f. oligadena Heimerl in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 3: 87. 1903 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Boerhavia viscosa subsp. apiculata Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 383. 1909 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013