Myrtus angustifolia Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 340; Mantissa Plantarum: 74. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 3606.

Type not designated.

Original material: Schreber, Herb. Linn. No. 637.7 (LINN); [icon] in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 237, t. 83, f. 2. 1739.

Current name: Metrosideros angustifolia (L.) Sm. ( Myrtaceae).