Ixia maculata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1664. 1763.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 296.

Lectotype (Lewis in J. S. African Bot. 28: 138. 1962): Herb. Linn. No. 58.21 (LINN) .

Current name: Ixia maculata L. ( Iridaceae).