= Hibiscus althaeifolius Shuttlew. ex A.Gray; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 23 (1852), nom. inval.
= Hibiscus boscai Sennen ex Pau; Bol. Soc. Iber. 28: 61 (1929)
= Hibiscus clypeatus Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 177 (1788)
= Hibiscus pentacarpos L.; Sp. Pl.: 697 (1753)
= Hibiscus pentacarpos var. albiflorus Sacc. ex Fiori; Nuov. Fl. Italia 2: 165 (1926)
= Hibiscus pentaspermus Nutt.; Amer. J. Sci. Arts 5: 298 (1822)
= Hibiscus smilacifolius Shuttlew. ex A.Gray; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 23 (1852), nom. inval.
= Hibiscus virginicus L.; Sp. Pl. 697 (1753)
= Kosteletzkya althaeifolia (Chapm.) A.Gray ex S.Watson; Bibl. Index N. Amer. Bot. 1: 136 (1878)
= Kosteletzkya boscae Sennen; Cavanillesia 2: 13 (1929)
= Kosteletzkya pentacarpos var. albiflora (Sacc. ex Fiori) P.P.Ferrer & O.J.Blanch.; Novon 24(3): 244 (2015)
= Kosteletzkya pentacarpos var. smilacifolia (Chapm.) S.N.Alexander; Castanea 77(1): 115 (2012)
= Kosteletzkya smilacifolia (Chapm.) Chapm.; Fl. South. U. S., ed. 2. 610 (1883), isonym
= Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) C.Presl ex A.Gray.; Gen. Amer. Bor. 2: 80 (1849)
= Kosteletzkya virginica f. alba C.F.Reed; Castanea 16: 128 (1951)
= Kosteletzkya virginica var. althaeifolia Chapm.; Fl. South. U.S.: 57 (1860)
= Kosteletzkya virginica var. aquilonia Fernald; Rhodora 43: 607, tab. 688, figs. 3, 4 (1941)
= Kosteletzkya virginica var. smilacifolia Chapm.; Fl. South. U. S. 57 (1860)
= Malva abutiloides Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 2: 454 (1813)
= Pavonia pentacarpos (L.) Poir.; Lam., Encycl., Suppl. 4: 335 (1816)
= Pavonia veneta Spreng.; Syst. 3: 98 (1826), nom. superfl.
= Pavonia virginica (L.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Spreng.] 3: 98 (1826)
= Pentagonocarpus althaeifolius (Chapm.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 73 (1891)
= Pentagonocarpus pentacarpos (L.) Rchb. ex Nyman; Consp. 127 (1878)
= Pentagonocarpus pentacarpus (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 73 (1891)
= Pentagonocarpus virginicus (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 73 (1891)
= Pentagonocarpus virginicus (L.) Parl.; Fl. Ital. 5: 106 (1873)
= Pentagonocarpus zannichellii Parl.; Fl. Ital. (Parl.) 5(1): 106 (1873)