Besleria cristata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 619. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 4478.

Lectotype (Leeuwenberg in Acta Bot. Neerl. 7: 301. 1958): [icon] " Besleria pedunculis simplicibus solitariis " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 37, t. 50. 1756.

Current name: Alloplectus cristatus (L.) Mart. ( Gesneriaceae).