Aloe disticha Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 321. 1753 .

"Habitat in Africae rupibus." RCN: 2513.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 132. 1983): [icon] " Aloe Afric. flore rubro, fol. maculis ab utraque parte albicantib. notato" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 15, t. 8. 1701.

Current name: Gasteria disticha (L.) Haw. ( Liliaceae / Asphodelaceae).

Note: Van Jaarsveld (Gasterias S. Africa: 9. 1994) reproduces the type figure.