Aloe hyacinthoides Linnaeus var. zeylanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 321. 1753 .

"Habitat α in Zeylona." RCN: 2504.

Basionym of: Aletris hyacinthoides (L.) L. var. zeylanica (L.) L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Wijnands in Taxon 22: 109. 1973): [icon] " Aloe Zeylanica pumila foliis variegatis" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 41, t. 21. 1701.

Current name: Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd. ( Agavaceae / Liliaceae).