Psydrax schimperiana A. Rich. Bridson [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 40: 714 (1985). —Bridson & Troupin in Fl. Rwanda 3: notes nomenclaturales, corrigenda for page 150, fig. 44.3 (1985). —Bridson in F.T.E.A., Rubiaceae: 901 (1991). Type from Ethiopia.
Phallaria schimperi Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], in Flora 24, Intell. 1(2): 27 (1841), nomen nudum.
Canthium schimperianum A. Rich. [family RUBIACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 350 (1847). —Hiern in F.T.A. 3: 135 (1877). —S. Moore in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 161 (1905). —Robyns in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 617 (1929). —Bullock in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1932: 385 (1932), pro parte. —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 485 (1949), pro parte. —Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 432, fig. 83 (1961). —Bridson & Troupin in Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 550, fig. 184.2 (1982); in Fl. Rwanda 3: 150, fig. 44.3 (1985).
Plectronia schimperiana A. Rich. Vatke [family RUBIACEAE], in Linnaea 40: 195 (1876). —Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 399 (1892). —K. Schumann in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 4: 92, fig. 33 E–F (1891).
Plectronia nitens [family RUBIACEAE], sensu K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 385 (1895), quoad Holst 8868, non Hiern.
Plectronia lamprophylla [family RUBIACEAE], sensu K. Schum. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 335 (1904), pro parte, quoad P. nitens sensu auctt., non K. Schum.
Canthium myrtifolium S. Moore [family RUBIACEAE], in J. Bot. 45: 266 (1907). Type from Uganda.
Plectronia angiensis De Wild. [family RUBIACEAE], Pl. Bequaert. 3: 176 (1925). Type from Zaire (Dem. Rep. Congo).
Canthium euryoides [family RUBIACEAE], sensu Bullock in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1932: 384 (1932), pro parte (all specimens cited except the type of C. nitens Hiern), non Bullock ex Hutch. & Dalz.