Thunberg, C.P. (1800), Nova Genera Plantarum 10: 144 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Thunberg, C.P. (1800), Prodromus Plantarum Capensium 2: 123 [secondary reference]

Ventenat, E.P. (1804), Jardin de la Malmaison 1(9): 53 [secondary reference]

Pfeiffer, L.K.G. (1874), Nomenclator Botanicus 2 (2): 911 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Rafnia amplexicaulis (L.) Thunb.

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