Ixia scillaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 52. 1762.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 295.

Lectotype (Lewis in J. S. African Bot. 28: 174. 1962): Herb. Linn. No. 58.25 (LINN) .

Current name: Ixia scillaris L. ( Iridaceae).