Borbonia tomentosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 707. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 5435.

Replaced synonym of: Liparia villosa L. (1771), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Schutte & Van Wyk in Taxon 42: 47. 1993): [icon] " Genista, Africana, tomentosa, folio cochleariformi, flore luteo" in Seba, Locupl. Rer. Nat. Thes. 1: 38, t. 24, f. 1. 1734.

Current name: Priestleya tomentosa (L.) Druce ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).