Justicia scorpioides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 21. 1762.

"Habitat in Vera Cruce." RCN: 110.

Neotype (Daniel in Taxon 38: 270, f. 3. 1989): Houstoun, Herb. Sloane 292: 69, left specimen (BM-SL) .

Current name: Dicliptera sexangularis (L.) Juss. ( Acanthaceae).