Aloe disticha Linnaeus var. plicatilis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 321. 1753 .

"Habitat in Africae rupibus." RCN: 2513.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 125. 1983): [icon] " Aloe Afric. arborescens montana non spinosa, folio longiss. plicatili, flore rubro" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 5, t. 3. 1701.

Current name: Aloe plicatilis (L.) Mill. ( Liliaceae / Asphodelaceae).