Aloe retusa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 322. 1753 .

"Habitat in Africae argillosis." RCN: 2515.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 136. 1983): [icon] " Aloe Africana brevissimo crassissimoque folio flore subviridi [excluding inflorescence]" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 11, t. 6. 1701. - Epitype (Breuer & Metzing in Taxon 46: 11. 1997): South Africa. Blikbonnie, 2km E of Riversdale, 1971, J. Dekenah s.n. (NBG-144772).

Current name: Haworthia retusa (L.) Duval ( Liliaceae / Asphodelaceae).