Seriphium fuscum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 928. 1753.
"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6731.
Lectotype (Koekemoer in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 367. 1998): [icon] " Eupatorium ericoides Capitis Bonae Spei " in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 140, t. 69. 1678.
Current name: Stoebe fusca (L.) Thunb. ( Asteraceae).