Osteospermum spinosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 923. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6681.

Conserved type (Norlindh, Stud. Calenduleae 1: 219. 1943): Herb. Linn. No. 1037.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Osteospermum Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Osteospermum spinosum L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Osteospermum spinosum, with the type designated by Norlindh, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 567. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).