Asclepias fruticosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 216. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 1785.

Lectotype (Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 41: 151. 1954): Herb. Linn. No. 310.33 (LINN) . - Epitype (Goyder & Nicholas in Kew Bull. 56: 782. 2001): South Africa. Northern Cape, Bloeddrif, 12 Sep 1968, Hardy 2562 (K; iso- PRE, WIND).

Current name: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T. Aiton ( Asclepiadaceae).

Note: Woodson cited the sheet number of the type as “310.23” (which relates to A. incarnata L.) but this appears to have been a simple error for “310.33” .