Rhus laevigata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1672. 1763.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. Arduini." RCN: 2126.

Lectotype (Schonland in Bothalia 3: 18. 1930): Turra, Herb. Linn. No. 378.23 (LINN) .

Current name: Rhus laevigata L. ( Anacardiaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “laevigatum” in the protologue. See discussion of this name by Fernandes (in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér . 2, 41: 129. 1967).