Passerina sericea Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 15. 1756.

"Habitat in Aethiopia. Burmannus." RCN: 2835.

Basionym of: Gnidia sericea (L.) L. (1767) .

Lectotype (Rogers in Rogers & Spencer in Taxon 55: 487. 2006): " Passerina (sericea) foliis ovatis tomentosis, caule hirsuto, floribus coronatis...", Herb. Burman (G) .

Current name: Gnidia sericea (L.) L. ( Thymelaeaceae).