Daphne squarrosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 358. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2828.

Lectotype (Rogers in Rogers & Spencer in Taxon 55: 485. 2006): [icon] " Thymelaea capitata, lanuginosa, foliis creberrimis, minimis, aculeatis" in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 134, t. 49, f. 1. 1738. - Epitype (Rogers in Rogers & Spencer in Taxon 55: 485. 2006): South Africa. Western Cape Province, Cape Peninsula, Cape Point, 20 Nov 1938, E. Wall s.n. (MO-5653217).

Current name: Gnidia squarrosa (L.) Druce ( Thymelaeaceae).