| Matelea producta (Torr.) Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea prostrata (Cav.) Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea pueblensis (Brandegee) Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea purpusii (Brandegee) Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea pusilliflora L.O. Williams, 1968 |
| Matelea quercetorum (Standl.) W.D. Stevens, 1983 |
| Matelea quirosii (Standl.) Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea reticulata (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea rogersii Woodson, 1950 |
| Matelea rupestris (Brandegee) Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea sagittifolia (A. Gray) Woodson ex Shinners, 1964 |
| Matelea schaffneri (A. Gray ex Hemsl.) Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea serpens Woodson, 1944 |
| Matelea standleyana Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea stenosepala Lundell, 1942 |
| Matelea suberifera (B.L. Rob.) W.D. Stevens, 1983 |
| Matelea sugillata W.D. Stevens, 2000 |
| Matelea tezcatlipocantha E.B.Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O. Alvarado, 2018 |
| Matelea tigrinus Woodson, 1941 |
| Matelea tlilxochitli E. Cortez, Lozada-Pérez & L.O. Alvarado, 2018 |