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

"Habitat in Aethiopiae campestribus." RCN: 2516.

Lectotype (Scott in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 36: 98, f. 1. 1981): [icon] " Aloe Afric. erecta triangularis et viscosa" in Commelin, Praeludia Bot.: 82, t. 31. 1703. - Epitype (Breuer & Metzing in Taxon 46: 13. 1997): South Africa. Blackburn Valley, Calitzdorp, 1947, W.F. Barker 5073 (NBG-68204).

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