SPHAERANTHUS steetzii Oliv. & Hiern [family COMPOSITAE], in F.T.A. 3: 334 (1877); Robyns in K.B. 1924: 190 (1924); Ross-Craig in Hook., Ic. Pl. ser. 5, 6: 64, t. 3516a (1955); F.P.S. 3: 53 (1956). Type: Ethiopia, Schire Dschogardi, Schimper 525 (P!, holo., BM!, K!, iso.)
Oligolepis angustifolius [family ], sensu Steetz in Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 417 (1863); this was a new combination, based on Steetz's interpretation of Schimper 525 and 463; but the basionym (Sphaeranthus angustifolius DC.) has another type
Sphaeranthus gomphrenoides O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in E.J. 20: 229 (1894); Robyns in K.B. 1924: 188 (1924); Ross-Craig in Hook., Ic. Pl. ser. 5, 6: 80, t. 3522b (1954); Wild in Kirkia 12: 107 (1980); Lisowski in F.A.C. Compositae, Inuleae: 224 (1989); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 209, pl. 86 (1994), syn. nov. Type: Tanzania, sine loc., Fischer 335 (B†, holo., K!, fragm.)
Sphaeranthus taylorii S. Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 35: 330 (1902). Type: Tanzania, between Zanzibar and Uyui, W. E. Taylor s.n. (BM!, holo.)
Sphaeranthus talbotii S. Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in Macleod, Chiefs & Cities of Central Africa: 303 (1912) & in Cat. Talbot's Nig. Pl.: 56 (1913); Robyns in K.B. 1924: 191 (1924); Ross-Craig in Hook., Ic. Pl. ser. 5, 6: 65, t. 3516b (1954); C.D. Adams in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 267 (1963); Wild in Kirkia 12: 106 (1980), syn. nov. Type: Cameroon, Garoua to Golombe, Talbot 1005 (BM!, holo.)
Sphaeranthus keniensis Robyns [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 1924: 188 (1924). Type: Kenya, Kisumu/Londiani District, Kibos, Powell 18 (K!, holo.)