Mesembryanthemum copticum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 688. 1762.

"Habitat in Aegypto." RCN: 3670.

Lectotype (designated here by Hartmann): Hasselquist, Herb. Linn. No. 649.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L. ( Aizoaceae).

Note: Gerbaulet (in Hartmann, Ill. Handb. Succ. Pl., Aizoaceae F–Z: 151. 2001) indicated a Bauhin description as type, but this is contrary to Art. 8.1.