Mesembryanthemum tripolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 481. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 3676.

Lectotype (designated here by Hartmann): [icon] " Mesembryanthemum Tripolii folio, flore argenteo " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 230, t. 179, f. 220. 1732.

Current name: Skiatophytum tripolium (L.) L. Bolus ( Aizoaceae).