Ulex capensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 741. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 5244.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 185, f. 6. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 166. 1696; [icon] in Petiver, Gazophyl. Nat.: 9, t. 83, f. 9. 1709.

Current name: Nylandtia spinosa (L.) Dumort. ( Polygalaceae).