Geranium prolificum Linnaeus var. auritum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 950. 1763.

["Habitat in Africa."] Sp. Pl. 2: 679 (1753). RCN: 4958.

Basionym: Geranium auritum L. (1753) .

Lectotype (van der Walt & Vorster in J. S. African Bot. 46: 285. 1980): [icon] " Geranium Afric. foliis plerumque auritis, flor. ex rubro purpurascentibus " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 121, t. 61. 1701.

Current name: Pelargonium auritum (L.) Willd. ( Geraniaceae).