Erica cerinthoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 505. 1762.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2754, 2808.

Lectotype (designated here by Oliver): [icon] " Erica coris folio hispido, cerinthoides africana " in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 25, t. 13. 1678.

Current name: Erica cerinthoides L. ( Ericaceae).