swertioides from Gr. -oides, suffix indicating resemblance
2460176 460607 Gentianella rapunculoides (Willd. ex Schultes) J.S.Pringle [125 459664 Gentiana rapunculoides Willd. ex Schultes] M. Barnas-Pomeroy, C.F.J. Barnas, Wildflowers and landscapes of Ecuador - The way we knew it fasicle DG, : t. 23 (2014) [M. Barnas-Pomeroy]
517509498418 Hedyotis swertioides Hook.f. K.M. Matthew, Ill. Fl. Palni Hills: t. 376 (1996)
