Anthericum spirale Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 224. 1771.

"Habitat sub montis Leonis Capitis b. spei, locis glareosis. Koenig." RCN: 2448.

Lectotype (Perry in Contr. Bolus Herb. 17: 74. 1994): König 45, Herb. Linn. No. 432.10 (LINN) .

Current name: Eriospermum spirale K. Bergius ex Schult, f. ( Liliaceae / Eriospermaceae).

Note: Perry treats Eriospermum spirale K. Bergius ex Schult. f. (1830) and Anthericum spirale L. (1771) as heterotypic, the former preventing the transfer of the latter to Eriospermum .