Gesneria acaulis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1110. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 850 (1763). RCN: 4424.

Lectotype (Skog in Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 29: 104. 1976): [icon] " Rapunculo affinis anomala vasculifera, folio oblongo serrato, flore coccineo tubuloso, semine minuto oblongo luteo " in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 159, t. 102, f. 1. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 3: 27 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Gesneria acaulis L. ( Gesneriaceae).