Anthospermum ciliare Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1512. 1763, nom. utique rej.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 7705.

Lectotype (Puffin Taxon 31: 759. 1982): Herb. Linn. No. 1233.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Anthospermum galioides Rchb. ( Rubiaceae).