Cotula stricta Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 734. 1767.

"Habitat in Aethiopia. D. Burmannus." RCN: 6458.

Lectotype (Humphries in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 359. 1998): Herb. Linn. No. 1014.12 (LINN) .

Current name: Lidbeckia pectinata P.J. Bergius ( Asteraceae).