Gesneria tomentosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 612. 1753.

"Habitat ad Jamaicae ripas." RCN: 4425.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 318, Gesneria 1 (BM) ; [icon] in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 162, t. 104, f. 2. 1707.

Current name: Rhytidophyllum tomentosum (L.) Mart. ( Gesneriaceae).