Linum africanum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 280. 1753. "Habitat in Africa." RCN: 2220. Neotype (Rogers in Nordic J. Bot. 1: 715. 1981): Herb. Linn. No. 396.34 (LINN). Current name: Linum africanum L. (Linaceae). Note: Although the collection indicated by Rogers as the holotype was almost certainly a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, the absence of any original material means that this can be treated as a neotype under Art. 9.8.

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L), pp. 610-650 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 634, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971