Salvia aurea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 38. 1762.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei juxta rivulos." RCN: 209.

Lectotype (Hedge in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburghs 33: 44. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 42.38 (LINN) .

Current name: Salvia aurea L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: A replacement for the invalid " Salvia africana aurea " L. (1753) - see Art. 23.6(c) Ex. 15.