Passerina dodecandra Linnaeus, Centuria I Plantarum: 10. 1755.

"Habitat in Aethiopia. D. Gronovius." RCN: 1002.

Replaced synonym of: Struthiola erecta L. (1767), nom. illeg.

Neotype (Rogers in Rogers & Spencer in Taxon 55: 487. 2006): South Africa. Western Cape Province, Caledon District, Cape Hangklip, near the hotel, 50m, 1 Oct 1956, R. Dahlgren & B. Peterson 526 (MO-5033766).

Current name: Struthiola dodecandra (L.) Druce ( Thymelaeaceae).