Stachys aethiopica Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 395; Mantissa Plantarum: 82. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. DD. Royen." RCN: 4243.

Lectotype (Codd in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 28(4): 62. 1985): Herb. Linn. No. 736.13 (LINN) .

Current name: Stachys aethiopica L. ( Lamiaceae).