Mesembryanthemum rostratum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 486. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 3707.

Lectotype (Hartmann & Dehn in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 108: 635. 1987): [icon] " Mesembryanthemum rostrum Ardeae referens" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 240, t. 186, f. 229. 1732.

Current name: Cheiridopsis rostrata (L.) N.E. Br. ( Aizoaceae).