Passerina ericoides Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 733. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2841.

Lectotype (Thoday in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 388. 1924): Herb. Linn. No. 504.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Passerina ericoides L. ( Thymelaeaceae).