Sophora genistoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 373. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 2938.

Lectotype (Schutte in Edinburgh J. Bot. 54: 159. 1997): Herb. Linn. No. 522.11 (LINN) .

Current name: Cyclopia genistoides (L.) R. Br. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).