protologue: J. S. African Bot. 47: 829 (1981)
2 491254 Haemanthus crispus SnijmanF. Masson, Water-colour drawings of Plants from South Africa, Canaries, Azores, West Indies (unpublished) : t. 105 () [F. Masson]
2 491254 Haemanthus crispus SnijmanIll. S. Afr. Flora: () [J.E. Ward-Hilhorst]
2 491254 Haemanthus crispus SnijmanIll. S. Afr. Flora: () [J.E. Ward-Hilhorst]
5 491254 Haemanthus crispus SnijmanW. Herbert, Amaryllidaceae: t. 30, fig. 1 (1837) [W. Herbert]