Mesembryanthemum edule Linnaeus , Systema Naturae , ed. 10, 2 : 1060. 1759
Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme L. var. flavum L. (1753)
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
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(L.) N. E. Br.
N. E. Br.
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Magnoliopsida
Aizoaceae
Carpobrotus
Plantae
Caryophyllales
Tracheophyta
species
edulis
Mesembryanthemum eduleLinnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1060. 1759.
["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 695 (1762). RCN: 3697.
Replaced synonym: Mesembryanthemum acinaciformeL. var. flavumL. (1753).
Lectotype(Blake in Contr. Queensland Herb. 7: 17. 1969): [icon] " Mesembryanthemum falcatummajus, flore amplo luteo" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 283, t. 212, f. 272. 1732.
Note:See Preston & Sell (in Watsonia17: 237-238, f. 7. 1989) and Jonkers (in Brit. Cact. Succ. J.19: 182, f. 6. 2001), who both reproduce the type illustration.