Gladiolus recurvus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 76; Mantissa Plantarum: 27. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 304.

Lectotype (Lewis & Obermeyer in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 10: 205. 1972): [icon] " Gladiolus, foliis linearibus sulcatis, floribus uno versu dispositis, tubo floris longiore " in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 157, t. 235, f. 2. 1758.

Current name: Gladiolus recurvus L. ( Iridaceae).