Phlomis leonotis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 398; Mantissa Plantarum: 83. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 4280.

Lectotype (Iwarsson in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 28(4): 34. 1985): Herb. Linn. No. 740.21 (LINN).

Current name: Leonotis ocymifolia (Burm. f.) Iwarsson (Lamiaceae).