Aspalathus spinosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1000. 1763.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 5214.

Lectotype (Dahlgren in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 16(3:6): 255. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 893.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Aspalathus spinosa L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Dahlgren (in Opera Bot. 11(1): 197. 1966) indicated 893.2 (LINN) only as "orig. coll.", but clarified this to “type” in 1988.