Gnidia simplex Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 272; Mantissa Plantarum: 67. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2833.

Lectotype (Rogers in Rogers & Spencer in Taxon 55: 486. 2006): Herb. Linn. No. 502.3 (LINN) . - Epitype (Rogers in Rogers & Spencer in Taxon 55: 486. 2006): South Africa. Western Cape Province, Houw Hoek, 1,500ft, 24 Nov 1896, F.R.R. Schlechter 9388 (MO-5473554; iso- US).

Current name: Gnidia simplex L. ( Thymelaeaceae).