Anthyllis asphaltoides Linnaeus, Amoenitates Academicae 4: 326. 1759, orth. var.<break1>"Habitat in Aethiopia. Royenus." RCN: 5237.

Lectotype (Dahlgren in Opera Bot. 4: 114. 1960): Herb. Linn. No. 893.56 (LINN) .

Current name: Aspalathus aspalathoides (L.) Rothm. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: As noted by Nordenstam (in Bot. Not. 114: 278. 1961), this was a nomen novum provided for the illegitimate A. lotoides L. (1756) in the reprint of Cent. II Pl. (Nov 1759). However, it post-dates A. aspalathoides L. ( May–Jun 1759), of which it has been treated as an orthographic variant.