Thesium spicatum Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 214. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei montibus." RCN: 1691.

Type not designated.

Original material: Tulbagh 133, Herb. Linn. No. 292.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Thesium spicatum L. ( Santalaceae).