Haemanthus ciliaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 413. 1762.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. Burmannus." RCN: 2296.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 408.1 (LINN); [icon] in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 89, t. 39. 1678.

Current name: Boophone guttata (L.) Herb. ( Liliaceae / Amaryllidaceae).

Note: See Snijman (in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 12: 122. 1984) who notes that 408.1 (LINN) is probably identifiable as Boophone guttata (L.) Herb.