Hermbstaedtia odorata Burchell T. Cooke [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Harv. & Sond. F.C. 6, 1: 407 (1910).—Schinz in Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16 C: 31 (1934).—Meeuse in Kirkia 2: 166 (1961).—Podlech & Meeuse in Merxm. Prodr. Fl. SW. Afr. 33: 16 (1966)—J H Ross Fl. Natal: 158 (1973). TAB. 9 fig. A. Type from S. Africa.
Celosia odorata Burchell [family AMARANTHACEAE], Trav. S. Afr. 1: 389 (1822).
Celosia recurva Burchell [family AMARANTHACEAE], Tray. S. Afr. 2: 226 (1824). Type from S. Africa.
Hermbstaedtia elegans Moq. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 13, 2: 247 (1849).—Baker & Clarke in F.T.A. 6, 1: 26 (1909).—Cavaco in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris Sér. B, 13: 47 (1962). Type from S. Africa.
Hermbstaedtia laxiflora Lopr. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30: 105 (1901). Type: Mozambique, Ressano Garcia, Schlechter 11876 (BM; K, isotype).
Hermbstaedtia transvaalensis Lopr. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30: 105 (1901). Type from S. Africa.
Hermbstaedtia dammarensis C.B. Clarke [family AMARANTHACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 1: 26 (1909). Type from Namibia.
Hermbstaedtia recurva Burchell C.B. Clarke [family AMARANTHACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 1: 25 (1909).
Hermbstaedtia rubro-marginata C.H. Wright [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1910: 228 (1910). Type from Transvaal.
Hermbstaedtia tetrastigma Suesseng. [family AMARANTHACEAE], in Mitt. Bot. Staatss. München 1: 6 (1950). Type: Zimbabwe, Birchenough Bridge, Hopkins 1026 (M, holotype: SRGH, isotype).