Haemanthus coccineus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 325. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 2295.

Lectotype ( Björnstad & Friis in Norweg. J. Bot. 19: 190, f. 1. 1972): [icon] " Haemanthus Africanus " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 127, t. 64. 1701 (see p. 120).

Generitype of Haemanthus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 147. 1929).

Current name: Haemanthus coccineus L. ( Liliaceae / Amaryllidaceae).