Thesium capitatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 207. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 1683.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 133, t. 48, f. 3. 1739.

Current name: Thesium capitatum L. ( Santalaceae).