Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth [family ACANTHACEAE], Nov. Pl. Sp. Ind. Or.: 320 (1821); Obermeyer in Ann. Transv. Mus. 19: 132 (1937); F.P.N.A. 2: 289 (1947); T.T.C.L.: 5 (1949); F.P.S. 3: 171 (1956); F.P.U.: 142 (1962); Heine in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 410 (1963); E.P.A.: 952 (1964), excl. syn. Ruellia ciliaris; Napper in K.B. 24: 323 (1970); U.K.W.F.: 579 (1974); Björnstad in Serengeti Res. Inst. Publ. No. 215: 25 (1976); Champluvier in Fl. Rwanda 3: 441 (1985); Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 389, pl. 602 (1987); Iversen in Symb. Bot. Ups. 29(3): 160 (1991); Ruffo et al., Cat. Lushoto Herb. Tanzania: 3 (1996); Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 473 (1997); Vollesen, Blepharis: 198 (2000); Friis & Vollesen in Biol. Skr. 51(2): 438 (2005); Ensermu in F.E.E. 5: 363 (2006); Thulin in Fl. Somalia 3: 384 (2006). Type: India (LINN, holo.; K, microfiche)
Acanthus maderaspatensis L. [family ACANTHACEAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 639 (1753) & Syst. Nat. (ed.12) 2: 427 (1767); Burm. f., Fl. Ind.: 139 (1768), as maderaspatanus
Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE], Syn. Pl. 2: 180 (1806); Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 266 (1847); Richard, Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 150 (1850); T. Anderson in J.L.S. 7: 34 (1863); Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 389 (1892); Lindau in P.O.A. C: 369 (1895); C.B. Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 96 (1899); Hiern, Cat. Welw. Pl. Afr. 4: 811 (1900); De Wild., Not. Fl. Katanga 3: 24 (1914) & Contrib. Fl. Katanga: 201 (1921) & Suppl. 4: 92 (1932). Type: as for Acanthus maderaspatensis.
Blepharis rubiifolia Schumach. [family ACANTHACEAE], Beskr. Guinea Pl.: 292 (1829). Type: Guinea, Thonning (C!, holo.)
Blepharis abyssinica Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Schimper, Iter Abyss. III.1492 (1844). Type: Ethiopia, near Axum, Schimper III.1492 (FI!, FI-W!, FT!, K!, P!, iso.)
Blepharis boerhaviifolia (L.) Nees var. maderaspatensis [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 11: 267 (1847)
Blepharis togodelia Solms-Laub. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aeth.: 108 (1867); Lindau in P.O.A. C: 369 (1895). Type: Eritrea, Wadi Togodele, Ehrenberg s.n. (BR!, K!, P!, iso.)
Blepharis boerhaviifolia De Wild. & T.Durand var. nigrovenulosa [family ACANTHACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, ser. 2, 1: 46 (1899); De Wild., Contrib. Fl. Katanga: 201 (1921). Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Moanda, Vanderyst s.n. (BR!, holo.)
Blepharis breviciliata Fiori [family ACANTHACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1911: 61 (1911) & Boschi e Piante Legn. Eritrea: 346 (1912); E.P.A.: 951 (1964). Type: Eritrea, Mt Lesa, Fiori 716 (FT!, holo.; FI!, iso.)
Blepharis maderaspatensis (Hochst.) Fiori var. abyssinica [family ACANTHACEAE], Boschi e Piante Legn. Eritrea: 346 (1912); Pichi Sermolli, Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7: 257 (1951); Napper in K.B. 24: 325 (1970); Champluvier in Fl. Rwanda 3: 442 (1985)
Blepharis maderaspatensis (Pers.) Fiori var. boerhaviifolia [family ACANTHACEAE], Boschi e Piante Legn. Eritrea: 346 (1912)
Blepharis maderaspatensis (Schumach.) Napper subsp. rubiifolia [family ACANTHACEAE], in K.B. 24: 325 (1970); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 79 (1980); Champluvier in Fl. Rwanda 3: 442 (1985); Iversen in Symb. Bot. Ups. 29(3): 160 (1991)