Silene crassifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 597. 1762.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 3251.

Neotype (Cupido in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 1053. 2004): South Africa. Western Cape, Strandfontein, sand dunes, 21 Dec 1941, Compton 12781 (NBG).

Current name: Silene crassifolia L. ( Caryophyllaceae).