Aletris hyacinthoides Linnaeus var. zeylanica (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 456. 1762.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 2504.

Basionym: Aloe hyacinthoides L. var. zeylanica L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Wijnands in Taxon 22: 109. 1973): [icon] " Aloe Zeylanica pumila foliis variegatis " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 41, t. 21. 1701.

Current name: Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd. ( Agavaceae / Liliaceae).