Phylica cordata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 283. 1762.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 1580.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 181. 1983): [icon] " Alaternoides Afric. chamaemespili folio " in Commelin, Praeludia Bot.: 62, t. 12. 1703.

Current name: Phylica buxifolia L. ( Rhamnaceae).