The accepted botanical name of the species and synonyms according to Baagøe
(1974) and Schultze-Motel (1986) are:
Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cassini in Dict. Sci. Nat. 59 (1829) 248. - Polymnia abyssinica
L. f., Suppl. (1781) 383; Verbesina sativa Roxb. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 25 (1807) t. 1017;
Polymnia frondosa Bruce, Trav. ed. 3, Atlas (1813) t. 52; Parthenium luteum Spr., Neue
Entdeck. (1818) 31; Heliopsis platyglossa Cass. in Dict. Sci. Nat. 24 (1822) 332; Jaegeria
abyssinica Spr., Syst. 3 (1826) 590; Guizotia oleifera DC., Sept. note Pl. rar. Jard. Genève,
Mém. soc. hist. nat. Genève 7 (1836) 5, t. 2; Veslingia scabra Vis. in Nuovi Saggi Accad.
Sc. Padova 5 (1840) 269; Ramtilla oleifera DC. in Wight, Contrib. 18 (1834).
Typus: Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cassini.
Family: Compositae (Asteraceae)