Chironia frutescens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 190. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 1520.

Lectotype (Marais & Verdoorn in Dyer & al., Fl. Southern Africa 26: 236. 1963): [icon] " Centaurium minus Afric. arborescens " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelaed. Pl. Rar.: 8, t. 8. 1706 (see p. 121).

Current name: Orphium frutescens (L.) E. Mey. ( Gentianaceae).

Note: For a more detailed discussion, see Wijnands (Bot. Commelins: 106. 1983).