Fritillaria regia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 303. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 2394.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 109, t. 93, f. 109. 1732; [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 109, t. 92, f. 108. 1732.

Current name: Eucomis regia (L.) L’Hér . ( Liliaceae / Hyacinthaceae).

Note: Reyneke (in J. S. African Bot. 40: 63. 1974) indicated two illustrations from Dillenius as the type, one of which (t. 92, f. 108) is not explicitly cited in the protologue.