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

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 695 (1762). RCN: 3697.

Replaced synonym: Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme L. var. flavum L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Blake in Contr. Queensland Herb. 7: 17. 1969): [icon] " Mesembryanthemum falcatum majus, flore amplo luteo " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 283, t. 212, f. 272. 1732.

Current name: Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E. Br. ( Aizoaceae).

Note: See Preston & Sell (in Watsonia 17: 237-238, f. 7. 1989) and Jonkers (in Brit. Cact. Succ. J. 19: 182, f. 6. 2001), who both reproduce the type illustration.