Barleria hystrix Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 425; Mantissa Plantarum: 89. 1767.

"Habitat in India. D. Dav. Royen." RCN: 4621.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Barleria prionitis L. ( Acanthaceae).