Pharnaceum incanum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 272. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 2163.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 492, Pharnaceum 1 (BM); Herb. A. van Royen No. 903.245-582 (L); [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 304, f. 4. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 23. 1696 - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 100: 192 (BM-SL) .

Generitype of Pharnaceum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 143. 1929).

Current name: Pharnaceum incanum L. ( Molluginaceae).

Note: Adamson (in S. African J. Bot. 24: 28. 1958) indicated 287.5 (LINN) as type, but the material came from Tulbagh and was not received by Linnaeus until ca. 1769. It cannot, therefore, be original material for the name.