Ornithogalum capense Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 308. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2426.

Lectotype (Stearn in Ann. Mus. Goulandris 6: 157, f. 8. 1983): [icon] " Ornithogalum Afric. plantaginis roseae folio, radice tuberosa" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 175, t. 88. 1701.

Current name: Eriospermum capense (L.) T.M. Salter ( Liliaceae / Eriospermaceae).