Anthyllis linifolia Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 265. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei rupibus." RCN: 5297.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Aspalathus linearifolia (Burm. f.) DC. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: This has been treated as either unidentifiable (Dahlgren in Opera Bot. 4: 165. 1960) or as a nomen dubium questionably synonymous with A. linearifolia (Burm. f.) DC. (Dahlgren in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 16(3:6): 45. 1988).