Erica nigrita Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 270; Mantissa Plantarum: 65. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2722, 2803.

Neotype (designated here by Oliver): South Africa. Cape Peninsula (3318CD), Cecilia, E slopes of Table Mtn, 29 Oct 1946, W.F. Barker 4282 (NBG).

Current name: Erica calycina L. ( Ericaceae).