Selago dubia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 629. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 63.

Replaced synonym of: Eranthemum angustum L. (1771), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 192. 1983): [icon] "Thymaelea foliis angustissimis linearibus, flosculis spicatis" in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 130, t. 47, f. 3. 1739.

Current name: Microdon dubius (L.) Hilliard ( Globulariaceae).