Duosperma crenatum (Lindau) P.G.Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Mitt. Bot. Staatssaml. München 3: 602 (1960) & in Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr. 130. Acanthaceae: 28 (1968); Brummitt in K.B. 29: 411 & 414 (1974); Björnstad in Serengeti Res. Inst. Publ. 215: 25 (1976); Grignon & Johnsen, Checklist Vasc. Pl. Botswana: 4 (1986); U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 270 (1994); Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 479 (1997); Mapura & Timberlake, Checklist Zimb. Vasc. Pl.: 13 (2004); Phiri, Checklist Zamb. Vasc. Pl.: 18 (2005); Vollesen in K.B. 62: 326, fig. 11 A–L (2006). Type: Tanzania, Mpwapwa, Stuhlmann 287 (B†, holo.; K!, iso.)
Hygrophila crenata Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in E.J. 20: 6 (1894) & in P.O.A. C: 366 (1895)
Hygrophila parviflora Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in E.J. 20: 7 (1894) & in P.O.A. C: 366 (1895). Type: Malawi, no locality, Buchanan 556A (B†, holo.; BM!, K!, iso.)
Disperma quadrisepalum C.B.Clarke [family ], in F.T.A. 5: 80 (1899), nom. illeg. superf.
Disperma parviflorum (Lindau) C.B.Clarke [family ], in F.T.A. 5: 81 (1899); Binns, Checklist Herb. Fl. Malawi: 13 (1968)
Dyschoriste quadrisepala (C.B.Clarke) Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 306 (1914)
Disperma crenatum (Lindau) Milne-Redh. [family ], in K.B. 1933: 477 (1933) & in K.B. 1935: 283 (1935); T.T.C.L.: 7 (1949); Binns, Checklist Herb. Fl. Malawi: 13 (1968); Fanshawe, Checklist Woody Pl. Zambia: 19 (1970); Ruffo, Cat. Lushoto Herb. Tanzania: 4 (1996)