Acokanthera spectabilis Sond. Hook. f. [family APOCYNACEAE], Bot. Mag.: t. 6359 (1878). — Stapfin F. C. 4: 501 (1907). — Markgraf in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 8: 470, fig. 9 (1923). Syntypes as above.
Acokanthera venenata var. spectabilis Sond. Sim. [family APOCYNACEAE], For. Fl. Cape Col.: 270, t. 154 fig. 2 (1907). Syntypes as above.
Carissa spectabilis Sond. Pichon [family APOCYNACEAE], in Mém. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat. Paris, N.S. 24: 132 (1948). Syntypes as above.
Acokanthera oblongifolia Hochst. Codd [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bothalia 7: 449 (1961); in Fl. Southern Afr. 26: 246, fig. 36, 2 (1963). — Kupicha in Kew Bull. 37: 62 (1982). Type from S. Africa (Natal).
Carissa oblongifolia Hochst. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Flora 1844: 827 (1844). Type as above.
Toxicophlaea spectabilis Sond. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Linnaea 23: 79 (1850). Syntypes from S. Africa (Natal).