Passerina capitata Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 11. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 514 (1762). RCN: 2842.

Lectotype (Beyers in Strelitzia 11: 66. 2001): [icon] " Thymelaea foliis linearibus alternis, floribus ex uno petiolo copiosis" in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl: 133, t. 48, f. 3. 1739.

Current name: Lachnaea capitata (L.) Crantz ( Thymelaeaceae).