Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schlecht.) Kuntze [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Rev. Gen. P1. 2: 468 (1891); Hepper in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 363 (1963); Philcox in F.Z.: 8(2): 57, t. 22/A1–6 (1990); U.K.W.F.: 256 (1994); Fischer, F.A.C. Scrophulariaceae: 188, pl. 80 (1999); Hepper in F1. Masc. 129: 17 (2000). Lectotype: Madagascar, Thouars (B–W, holo., K!, photo), presumably chosen by W.G. D’Arcy in Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 66: 269 (1979)
Nortenia thouarsii Cham. & Schlecht. [family ], in Linnaea 3: 18 (1828)
Torenia parviflora Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Scroph. Ind.: 39 (1835); Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 278 (1884); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 35 (1906); Li in Taiwania 9: 4 (1963), nom. illegit. superfl. based on Nortenia thouarsii
Torenia ramosissima Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 25: 10 (1875). Type: Tanzania, Zanzibar, Hildebrandt 986 (K!, iso.)