Calanthe sylvatica Thouars Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 250 (1833). —Rchb.f. in Walpers, Ann. Bot. 6: 914 (1864). —Schltr. in Fedde, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 33: 165 (1925). —Geerinck in Fl. Afr. Centr., Orchidaceae pt. 1: 264 (1984). —Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 282 (1984). —la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 173 (1991). TAB. 94. Type from Mascarene Islands.
Centrosis sylvatica Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE], Hist. Orchid. [Fl. Iles Austr. Afr.]: tab. gen., figs. 35, 36 (1822).
Calanthe natalensis Rchb.f. Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bonplandia 4: 322 (1856). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 335 (1916). —Wild in Clark, Victoria Falls Handb.: 140 (1952). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 79 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 131 (1977). Type from South Africa (Natal).
Calanthe corymbosa Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 129 (1862). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 46 (1897). —Summerhayes in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 226 (1968). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 79 (1976). —Williamson, Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 130 (1977). Type from Bioko (Fernando Po).
Calanthe sanderiana Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Gard. Chron., Ser. 3: 396 (1892). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 335 (1916). —Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 36 (1975).
Calanthe delphinioides Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 55 (1893). —Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 46 (1897). Type from Cameroon.
Calanthe volkensii Rolfe [family ORCHIDACEAE], in F.T.A. 7: 46 (1897). Type from Tanzania.
Calanthe neglecta Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 570 (1915). Type from Tanzania.
Calanthe stolzii Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 569 (1915). Type from Tanzania.
Calanthe schliebenii Mansfeld [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 11: 808 (1933). Type from Tanzania.