Baccharis neriifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 860. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6210.

Lectotype (Cilliers in Bothalia 23: 176. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 992.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Brachylaena neriifolia (L.) R. Br. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Although Phillips & Schweickerdt (in Bothalia 3: 209. 1937) noted that both the LINN and a Herb. Clifford sheet were sterile, they did not choose either as sole type.