Rhynchosia comosa Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1894: 99 (1894). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 471 (1929).
Eriosema urostachyum Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 815 (1933). Type from Tanzania.
Eriosema lobophyllum Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 421 (1936). Type from Tanzania.
Pseudeminia comosa Baker Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Kew Bull. 24: 395, fig. 5 (1970); in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 602, fig. 90 (1971). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 225 (1972). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 422 (1989). TAB. 3.5.12. Syntypes: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Buchanan 264 (K, syntype); Malawi, Buchanan 390 & 687 (K, syntypes; BM).