Ruellia prostrata Poir. [family ACANTHACEAE], Encycl. Meth. 6: 349 (1804); T. Anderson in J.L.S. 7: 24 (1863); C.B. Clarke in F.T.A. 5: 46 (1899); E.P.A.: 939 (1964); Binns, Checklist Herb. Fl. Malawi: 15 (1968); U.K.W.F.: 589 (1974); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 81 (1980); Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 395 (1987); Iversen in Symb. Bot. Ups. 29(3): 162 (1991); U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 270 (1994); Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 501 (1997); Friis & Vollesen in Biol. Skr. 51(2): 453 (2005); Ensermu in F.E.E. 5: 395 (2006); Hedrén in Fl. Somalia 3: 395 (2006). Type: India, Dupuis s.n. (P, holo.)
Ruellia nubica Delile [family ACANTHACEAE], Cent. Pl. Meroe: 74 (1826). Type: Sudan, Sennar, Meroe, Cailliaud s.n. (P, holo.)
Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Wall., Pl. As. Rar. 3: 81 (1832) & in DC., Prodr. 11: 124 (1847)
Dipteracanthus genduanus Schweinf. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Verh. Zool-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 680 (1868). Type: Sudan, Gallabat, Gendua River, Schweinfurth 132 (BM!, P!, iso.)
Dipteracanthus sudanicus Schweinf. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 679 (1868) pro parte, quoad Schweinfurth 131
Ruellia genduana (Schweinf.) C.B.Clarke [family ACANTHACEAE], in F.T.A. 5: 47 (1899); F.P.S. 3: 187 (1956); Lebrun & Stork, Enum. Pl. Afr. Trop. 4: 501 (1997)
Ruellia patula (Poir.) Chiov. var. prostrata [family ACANTHACEAE], in Atti. Ist. Bot. Pavia, Ser. 4, 7: 146 (1936)
Ruellia sp. aff. prostrata [family ACANTHACEAE], sensu Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 81 (1980)