Mesembryanthemum micans Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 485. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 3701.

Lectotype (Hartmann & Bruckmann in Bradleya 18: 105. 2000): [icon] " Mesembryanthemum micans, flore phoeniceo, filamentis atris " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 292, t. 215, f. 282. 1732.

Current name: Drosanthemum micans (L.) Schwantes ( Aizoaceae).

Note: Edmondson & Rowley (in Bradleya 16: 15, f. 2. 1998) reproduce the type illustration in colour.