Cytisus psoraloides Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 15. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1043 (1763). RCN: 5445.

Basionym of: Indigofera psoraloides (L.) L. (1767) .

Lectotype (Schrire in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 468. 1997): [icon] " Trifolium Aethiopicum ex alis foliorum spicatum, bituminosi foliis angustioribus, s. Trifolium spicatum tenuifolium" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 320, f. 3. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 375. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 102: 91, central specimen (BM-SL) .

Current name: Indigofera psoraloides (L.) L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).