Corymbium africanum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 928. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethopia." RCN: 6735.

Lectotype (Sprague in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940: 165. 1940): Herb. Clifford: 494, Corymbium 1 (BM-000647672) .

Generitype of Corymbium Linnaeus.

Current name: Corymbium africanum L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Weitz (in S. African J. Bot. 55: 602. 1989) accepted Sprague’s choice and illustrated the type sheet (as f. 1).