Tetragonia herbacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 480. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 3667.

Lectotype (Adamson in J. S. African Bot. 21: 140. 1955): [icon] "Tetragonocarpus Afric. radice magna, crassa et carnosa" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 203, t. 102. 1701.

Current name: Tetragonia herbacea L. ( Aizoaceae).