Senecio purpureus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1214. 1759.

["Habitat in Aethiopia."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1216 (1763). RCN: 6270.

Lectotype (Hilliard, Compositae Natal: 419. 1977): [icon] " Senecio viscosus Aethiopicus, flore purpureo" in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 139, t. 67. 1678.

Current name: Senecio purpureus L. ( Asteraceae).