Mesembryanthemum ringens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 487. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 3708.

Lectotype (Hartmann, Ill. Handb. Succ. Pl., Aizoaceae A–E: 102. 2001): [icon] " Mesembryanthemum rictum caninum referens" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 241, t. 188, f. 231. 1732.

Current name: Carruanthus ringens (L.) Boom ( Aizoaceae).