Justicia echioides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 16. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 121.

Lectotype (Stearn ex Cramer in Dassanayake & Clayton, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 12: 100. 1998): Herb. Hermann 4: 40, No. 21 (BM-000628183) .

Current name: Andrographis echioides (L.) Nees ( Acanthaceae).