Arctotis angustifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 923. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6673.

Lectotype (Nordenstam in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 20. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 412, Arctotis 2 (BM-000647143) .

Generitype of Arctotis Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 183. 1929).

Current name: Arctotis angustifolia L. ( Asteraceae).