Erica ramentacea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 269; Mantissa Plantarum: 65. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2726, 2782.

Neotype (designated here by Oliver): South Africa. Cape Peninsula, 3418AB, Kenilworth Race course, sandy flats with short restiads, mainly in hollows, 100ft, 18 Dec 1959, Oliver 382 (NBG).

Current name: Erica multumbellifera P.J. Bergius ( Ericaceae).