ZEHNERIA thwaitesii (Schweinf.) C. Jeffrey [family CUCURBITACEAE], in K.B. 15: 371 (1962), excl. syn. Bryonia deltoïdea Schumach. et Melothria deltoïdea (Schumach.) Benth.; Keraudren, Fl. Madag. Cucurbitac: 40 (1966). Types: Sudan Republic, Harnier (B, syn. †) & Ceylon, Thwaites 1610 & 3128 (B, syn. †, BM, isosyn.!) & 2581 (B, syn. †, BM, K, isosyn.!)
Bryonia deltoïdea Arn. [family CUCURBITACEAE], in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 18: 337 (1836), non Schumach. (1829), nom. illegit. Type: Ceylon, Walker 273 (K, holo.!)
Melothria thwaitesii Schweinf. [family CUCURBITACEAE], Reliq. Kotschy.: 44, t. 29 (1868)
Melothria tridactyla Hook. f. [family CUCURBITACEAE], in F.T.A. 2: 562 (1871); Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 2: 402 (1898); A. Zimm., Cucurbitac. 2: 1, 5, 32, 46, 92, 111, figs. 30/16, 69/7, 81/11 (1922); F.W.T.A. 1: 179 (1927) & ed. 2, 1: 209 (1954); F.P.S. 1: 177 (1950). Types: Angola, Cuanza Norte, Welwitsch 826 (BM, syn., K, isosyn.!) & E. Congo Republic, Burton (K, syn.!) & Mozambique, Manica e Sofala, Chupanga [Shupanga], Kirk (K, syn.!)
Melothria zeylanica C.B. Cl. [family CUCURBITACEAE], in Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 626 (1879); Chakrav., Monogr. Indian Cucurbitac: 154 (1959). Types: Ceylon, Gardner 312 & Walker 273 (both K, syn.!)
Melothria tridactyla Cogn. var. angustiloba [family CUCURBITACEAE], in E.P. IV. 275(1): 96 (1916). Types: Congo Republic, Equateur, Hens ser. C, 183 (B, syn. †, BR, K, isosyn.!) & Sudan Republic, Equatoria Province, Schweinfurth 2724a (B, syn. †)
Melothria deltoïdea [family CUCURBITACEAE], [sensu Cogn. in E.P. IV. 275(1): 94 (1916), pro parte; F.W.T.A. 1: 178 (1927), pro parte, & ed. 2, 1: 209 (1954), pro parte, non (Schumach.) Benth.]
Zehneria tridactyla (Hook. f.) R. & A. Fernandes [family CUCURBITACEAE], in Mem. Junta Invest. Ultram., sér. 2, 34: 118 (1962)