Erica capitata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 355. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2747, 2800.

Lectotype (designated here by Oliver): [icon] " Erica, Africana, calyce lanuginoso, ex viridi luteo, capitulum referente, flosculis concoloribus, extus lanugine obsitis " in Seba, Locupl. Rer. Nat. Thes. 1: 30, t. 20, f. 1. 1734.

Current name: Erica capitata L. ( Ericaceae).