Recent morphological and allozymic studies are discussed in five taxa of genus Androcymbium from the western region of the Cape province (South Africa) in the context of the systematic implications of phylogenetic analysis based on cpDNA and morphologic data. Based on this synthesis, we modify the taxonomic category of A. latifolium, that is included as a subspecies of A. burchellii. These five taxa (A. burchellii subsp. burchellii, A. burchellii subsp. pulchrum, A. eghimocymbion, A. huntleyi and A. walteri) are described and illustrated. Key words: Androcymbium, Colchicaceae, similarity, phylogeny, taxonomy, Africa.