Wahlenbergia rubens (H. Buek) Lammers, Taxon 44: 337. 1995
- ≡Lightfootia rubens H. Buek in Ecklon & Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 373. 1837
- =Lightfootia angustifolia A. DC. in de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 418. 1839
- =Lightfootia rubens var. brachyphylla Adamson, J. S. African Bot. 21: 188. 1955
- ≡Wahlenbergia rubens var. brachyphylla (Adamson) Welman, Bothalia 26: 157. 1996