Erica coccinea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 355. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2753, 2805.

Lectotype ( Oliver & al. in Oliver & Oliver in Bothalia 32: 38. 2002): [icon] " Erica, Africana, angustifolia, glabra, floribus longis, tubulosis, dependentibus, coccineis, cum longissimis filamentis, seu appendicibus, concoloribus " in Seba, Locupl. Rer. Nat. Thes. 1: 32, t. 21, f. 4. 1734.

Current name: Erica coccinea L. ( Ericaceae).

Note: Salter (in J. S. African Bot. 8: 280, f. 4. 1942) reproduced the Seba plate subsequently designated as the type.