Ixia africana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 36. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 289.

Lectotype (Goldblatt in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 57. 1993): [icon] " Ixia foliis ad radicem nervosis, gramineis, floribus ac fructu &c." " in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl: 191, t. 70, f. 2. 1739.

Generitype of Ixia Linnaeus (1753), nom. rej.

Current name: Aristea africana (L.) Hoffmanns. ( Iridaceae).

Note: Ixia Linnaeus (1753), nom. rej. in favour of Ixia Linnaeus (1762) .