Orchis biflora Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1330. 1763.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 6800.

Replaced synonym: Satyrium cornutum L. (1760) .

Lectotype (Linder in J. S. African Bot. 47: 359, f. 9.1, 9.2. 1981): Herb. Burman (G) .

Current name: Schizodium cornutum (L.) Schltr. ( Orchidaceae).

Note: A nomen novum in Orchis for Satyrium cornutum L. (1760), non Orchis cornuta L. (1760) . Garay (in Harvard Pap. Bot. 2: 49. 1997) wrongly treated O. biflora as illegitimate.