Malva scabrosa Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 27. 1756.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 5045.

Basionym of: Malva capensis L. var. scabrosa (L.) L. (1763) .

Lectotype (Bates in Gentes Herb. 10: 239, f. 4. 1969): [icon] " Malva Africana frutescens flore rubro" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 171, t. 86. 1701.

Current name: Anisodontea scabrosa (L.) D.M. Bates ( Malvaceae).