Amaryllis longifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 293. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2338.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 38. 1983): [icon] " Lilium Africanum Polyantbos " in Hermann, Parad. Bat.: 195. 1698 (see p. 135).

Current name: Cybistetes longifolia (L.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick. ( Liliaceae / Amaryllidaceae).

Note: Milne-Redhead & Schweickert (in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 159, f. 1. 1939) reproduced Hermann’s illustration.