Chrysocoma oppositifolia Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 18. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1177 (1763). RCN: 6084.

Lectotype (Lowrey in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 358. 1998): Herb. Linn. No. 982.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Pteronia divaricata Less. ( Asteraceae).