Tradescantia papilionacea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 233; Mantissa Plantarum: 61. 1767.

"Habitat in India. Burmann." RCN: 2290.

Lectotype (Rao in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 25: 185. 1964): Herb. Linn. No. 406.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Cyanotis papilionacea (L.) Roem. & Schult. ( Commelinaceae).