Lobelia simplex Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 291. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 6737.

Lectotype (Barker in J. S. African Bot. 50: 136. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 1051.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Monopsis simplex (L.) Wimm. ( Campanulaceae).