Samolus valerandi Linnaeus var. africanus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 172. 1753.

RCN: 1349.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Walther, Design. Pl.: 162, t. 23. 1735.

Current name: Samolus valerandi L. var. africanus L. ( Primulaceae).

Note: Dyer (in Dyer & al., Fl. Southern Africa 26: 11. 1963) suggested that this name probably relates to a North African taxon and may be equivalent to S. africanus Burm. f.