Borbonia laevigata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 473; Mantissa Plantarum: 100. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 5182.

Lectotype (Schutte & Van Wyk in Taxon 43: 579. 1994): N.L. Burman 31, Herb. Linn. No. 890.4 (LINN), see p. 196.

Current name: Liparia laevigata (L.) Thunb. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).