Ixia uniflora Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 75; Mantissa Plantarum: 27. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. D. von Royen." RCN: 287.

Lectotype (Goldblatt in Germishuisen, Fl. Southern Africa 7(2:1): 161. 1999): Herb. Linn. No. 58.19 (LINN) .

Current name: Sparaxis grandiflora (D. Delaroche) Ker-Gawl. ( Iridaceae).