Cotyledon spuria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 614. 1762.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 3338.

Lectotype ( Tölken in Bothalia 12: 619. 1979): [icon] " Cotyledon Afric. frutesc. folio longo et angusto " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelaed. Pl. Rar.: 23, t. 23. 1706.

Current name: Cotyledon orbiculata (L.) Toelken var. spuria (L.) Toelken ( Crassulaceae).

Note: The type illustration is figured by van Jaarsveld & Koutnik ( Cotyledon and Tylecodon: 11, f. 12. 2004).