Ixia polystachya Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 51. 1762, typ. cons.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 293.

Lectotype (Lewis in J. S. African Bot. 28: 103. 1962): [icon] " Ixia, foliis lineari-gladiolatis, floribus alaribus & terminalibus" in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 104, t. 155, f. 2. 1757.

Generitype of Ixia Linnaeus (1762), nom. cons.

Current name: Ixia polystachya L. ( Iridaceae).

Note: Ixia Linnaeus (1762), nom. cons, against Ixia Linnaeus (1753) .