Asphodelus capensis Linnaeus, Systerna Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 982. 1759.

RCN: 2453.

Lectotype (Obermeyer in Bothalial: 694. 1962): [icon] " Asphodelus foliis planis caule ramoso floribus sparsis" in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 1: 38, t. 56. 1755.

Current name: Chlorophytum capense (L.) Voss ( Liliaceae / Asphodelaceae).