| Name | Aristida capensis Thunberg |
| Authorship | Thunberg |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Aristida Linnaeus |
| Contains | Aristida capensis var. canescens Trinius & Ruprecht |
| Citation | 1794 Prodr. Pl. Cap. 19 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Aristida capensis Thunberg |
| Identification made in | [no date] (5) |