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

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2836.

Lectotype (Rogers in Rogers & Spencer in Taxon 55: 487. 2006): Herb. Linn. No. 502.9 (LINN) .

Current name: Gnidia oppositifolia L. ( Thymelaeaceae).