Serapias capensis Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 293. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 6868.

Lectotype (Summerhayes & Hall in Taxon 11: 202. 1962): Herb. Linn. No. 1057.9 (LINN) .

Current name: Acrolophia barbata (Thunb.) Pfitzer ( Orchidaceae).