Banisteria purpurea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 427. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 3322.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 8, t. 15. 1755.

Current name: Heteropterys purpurea (L.) Kunth ( Malpighiaceae).