Selago coccinea Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 12. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 877 (1763). RCN: 4557.

Type not designated.

Original material: " Selago spuria dubia", Herb. Burman (G); " Selago coccinea ", Herb. Burman (G) .

Current name: Pseudoselago rapunculoides (L.) Hilliard ( Scrophulariaceae).

Note: The epithet appears originally as “cocinea” in 1760, corrected in later works.