Diosma cupressina Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 182; Mantissa Plantarum: 50. 1767.

"Habitat in Cap. b. spei." RCN: 1606.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 270.23 (LINN) .

Current name: Thamnea uniflora (L.) Sol. ex Brongn. ( Bruniaceae).

Note: See comments by Williams (in J. S. African Bot. 48: 370. 1982).