Whitfieldia elongata (P. Beauv.) De Wild. & Dur. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 38(C. R. 110). 1899
- ≡Ruellia elongata P. Beauv. in Fl. Oware 1: t. 26. 1806
- Type: Palisot de Beauvois
- Type: Palisot de Beauvois (G)
- =Whitfieldia longifolia T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 7: 27. 1863
- =Whitfieldia perglabra C. B. Clarke in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 66. 1899
- ≡Whitfieldia longifolia var. perglabra (C. B. Clarke) Hutch. & Dalz. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 1 2: 248. 1931
- =Whitfieldia subviridis C. B. Clarke in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 66. 1899
- =Whitfieldia tanganyikensis C. B. Clarke in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 66. 1899
