Capura purpurata Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 225. 1771.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 2557.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Generitype of Capura Linnaeus, nom. rej.

Current name: Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A. Mey. ( Thymelaeaceae).

Note: Capura Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Wikstroemia Endl. Rogers & Spencer (in Taxon 55: 483. 2006) noted that this name was associated with a particularly complex taxonomic problem, and did not typify it.