Mesembryanthemum forficatum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1060. 1759.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 695 (1762). RCN: 3695.

Neotype (Liede in Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 64: 467. 1990 [1989]): Jacquin s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 649.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Erepsia forficata (L.) Schwantes ( Aizoaceae).

Note: See Bruyns (in J. S. African Bot. 63: 241. 1997) on confusion over the use of this name for a species of Ruschia (as R. forficata (L.) L. Bolus), and Hartmann (in Bradleya 16: 52-53. 1998) on its correct name.