中华水锦树，subsp. chinensis (Merr.) Cowan in Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 16: 288. 1932 et 18: 185. 1934, pro parte: How in Sunyatsenia 7 (1-2): 50. 1948, pro parte; 海南植物志3: 292. 1974; 中国高等植物图鉴4: 203. 1975; W. C. Chen in Acta Phytotax. Sinica 21 (4): 392. 1983.——W. chinensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 15: 257. 1919.