Senecio cymbalarifolius (L.) Less. is the correct name for S. sonchifolius (L.) J. C. Manning & Magoswana, nom. illeg. and clarification of the name S. sonchifolius Asteraceae: Senecioneae) (L.) Moench ( Author Manning, John C. Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 7, Claremont 7735, South Africa. & Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. J.Manning@sanbi.org.za Author Krieger, Jonathan Plant and Fungal Names Team, Department of Biodiversity Informatics and Spatial Analysis, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW 9 3 AE, United Kingdom. Author Magoswana, Simon Luvo Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X 7, Claremont 7735, South Africa. & Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. text Bothalia 2020 a 4 2020-07-14 50 1 1 3 http://dx.doi.org/10.38201/btha.abc.v50.i1.4 journal article 10.38201/btha.abc.v50.i1.4 2311-9284 10515056 Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. in Wight, Contr. Bot. India : 24 (1834) . Cacalia sonchifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 2: 853 (1753) . Senecio sonchifolius (L.) Moench [basionym incorrectly cited as Cineraria sonchifolia ], Suppl. Meth.: 231 (1802) . Type: ‘habitat in Zeylona , China’ , [ BM , herb. Hermann 2: 25, 4: 36, 4:66, no. 305 (multiple sheets of a single gathering), lecto ., designated by Grierson in Dassanayke, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 252 (1980) ].