Selago tomentosa Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 13. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. David Royen & J. Burmannus."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 877 (1763). RCN: 4562.

Basionym of: Manulea tomentosa (L.) L. (1774) .

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 787.4 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 787.6 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 259.10 (S); Herb. Burman (G); [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 319, f. 2. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 367. 1696 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 102: 72 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Manulea tomentosa (L.) L. ( Scrophulariaceae).

Note: Hilliard (Manuleae, Tribe Scrophulariaceae: 333. 1994) indicated what is evidently the voucher (Herb. Sloane 102: 72, top right specimen, BM-SL) of the cited Plukenet plate as “type” . However, this is not original material for the name as it was never seen by Linnaeus, and as other original material exists, the statement cannot be treated as a neotypification under Art. 9.8.