protologue: Fl. Pl. South Africa 1: t. 4 (1921)
2 314850 Cyrtanthus contractus N.E. Br.C. Letty, Wild Fl. Transvaal: p. 66, t. 32, fig. 2 (1962) [C. Letty]
2 314850 Cyrtanthus contractus N.E. Br.I.B. Pole-Evans, E.P. Phillips, R.A. Dyer, L.E. Codd, Fl. Pl. S. Afr., vol. 1 : t. 4 (1920) [K.A. Lansdell]