Cotyledon orbiculata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 429. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." RCN: 3337.

Conserved type ( Tölken in Jarvis in Taxon 41: 561. 1992): [icon] " Sedum Africanum frutescens incanum orbiculatis foliis " in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 549, 551. 1687.

Generitype of Cotyledon Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Cotyledon orbiculata L. ( Crassulaceae).

Note: Cotyledon orbiculata, with the type proposed by Tölken, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 561. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).