Hibiscus aethiopicus Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 258. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 5103.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 875.37 (LINN); [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 254, f. 2. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 13. 1696.

Current name: Hibiscus aethiopicus L. ( Malvaceae).