Aloe pumila Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 322. 1753 .

"Habitat in Aethiopiae campestribus." RCN: 2517.

Lectotype (Scott in Aloe 16: 45, f. 1. 1978): [icon] " Aloe Afric. folio in summitate triangulari margaritifera, flore subviridi" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 19, t. 10. 1701.

Current name: Haworthia margaritifera (L.) Haw. ( Liliaceae / Asphodelaceae).

Note: Scott’s lectotype designation made this name homotypic with Aloe pumila var. margaritifera L. , over which, as the autonym, it has statutory priority.