| Name | Lechea Loureiro |
| Authorship | Loureiro |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | LaterHomonym |
| Placed in | Commelinaceae |
| Contains | Lechea chinensis Lour. Lechea mucronata (do not use) Rafinesque |
| Remarks | later homonym (non Linnaeus 1753); Type: L. chinensis Loureiro |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7298-1 |
| Citation | Sep 1790 Fl. Cochinch. 34 (60) |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Lechea Loureiro |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |