Mesembryanthemum emarginatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1:692. 1762.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 3684.

Lectotype (Liede & Meve in Bradleya 8: 39. 1990): [icon] " Mesembr. purpureum scabrum, staminibus expansis " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 259, t. 197, f. 250. 1732.

Current name: Lampranthus emarginatus (L.) N.E. Br. ( Aizoaceae).