Cheiridopsis excavata L. Bolus, Notes Mesembryanthemum 3:48. 1937.

Ihlenfeldtia excavata (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 114(1): 48. 1992.

Type: South Africa, Northern Cape Province, South of Breekpoort, Namaland, van Heerde 21836 (holotype BOL!) .