Adonis capensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 548. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 4059.

Lectotype (Rasmussen in Opera Bot. 53: 16. 1979): Herb. Linn. No. 714.6 (LINN) .

Current name: Knowltonia capensis (L.) Huth ( Ranunculaceae).