| Name | Gorteria diffusa Thunberg |
| Authorship | Thunberg |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Gorteria |
| Citation | 1800 Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 162 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Gorteria diffusa Thunberg |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |