Besleria melittifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 619. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 4476.

Lectotype (Leeuwenberg in Acta Bot. Neerl. 7: 301. 1958): [icon] " Besleria pedunculis ramosis " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 36, t. 48. 1756.

Current name: Episcia melittifolia (L.) Mart. ( Gesneriaceae).