Tashiroea yaeyamensis Matsum., J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 12: 489. 1899.

Bredia yaeyamensis (Matsum.) H.L. Li, J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 21. 1944.

Tashiroea yaeyamensis var. tanakaea Matsum., J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 12: 490. 1899. Type: Okinawa: Yaeyama archipelago, Jul 1890, S. Tanaka 344 (holotype: TI! [TI00002345]).

Type.

Japan. Okinawa: Iriomote 1890, S. Tanaka 345 (lectotype, designated here: TI! [TI00002344]). Additional syntype: Japan. Okinawa: in Yaeyama, Aug 1887, Tashiro (TI! [TI00002343]).