Hyacinthus orchioides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 318. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2500.

Lectotype (Stearn in Ann. Mus. Goulandris 8: 210, f. 17. 1990): [icon] " Hyacinthus orchioides Africanus, major, bifolius maculatus; flore sulphureo, obsoleto, majore" in Breyn, Prodr. Fasc. Rar. Pl.: 24, t. 11, f. 2. 1739.

Current name: Lachenalia orchioides (L.) Aiton ( Liliaceae / Hyacinthaceae).