Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 196 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Aethiopia."

Brongniart, A.T. (1826), Memoire sur la famille des Rhamnees: 64 [basionym]

basionym of: Willemetia africana (L.) Brongn. legitimate

Endlicher, S.F.L. (1842), Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis 2: 385 [basionym]

basionym of: Noltea africana (L.) Endl. legitimate

Harvey, W.H. & Sonder, O.W. in Harvey, W.H. & Sonder, O.W. (ed.) (1860), Flora Capensis 1: 478 [basionym]

basionym of: Noltea africana (L.) Rchb. ex Harv. & Sond. isonym

Wijnands, D.O. (1983), Botany of the Commelins: 180 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "LINN 264.5 '3 africanus', a Clifford specimen [...]. It agrees with Commelin's plate. [...] Commelin had seeds from the Cape".

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Noltea africana (L.) Endl. legitimate

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