Aloe pumila Linnaeus var. arachnoidea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 322. 1753 .

"Habitat in Aethiopiae campestribus." RCN: 2517.

Lectotype (Scott in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 49: 205, f. 1. 1977): [icon] " Aloe Africana humilis arachnoidea" in Commelin, Praeludia Bot.: 78, t. 27. 1703. - Epitype (Breuer & Metzing in Taxon 46: 4. 1997): South Africa. Buitenstekloof, Langvlei, 1971, M.B. Bayer 153 (NBG No. 110455) (NBG).

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