Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 485 [tax. nov.]

Black, J.M. (1909), Naturalised Flora of South Australia: 67 [secondary reference]

Bolus, H.M.L. (1927), Flowering Plants of South Africa 7: subt. 247 [basionym]

basionym of: Carpobrotus acinaciformis (L.) L.Bolus legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1909), Naturalised Flora of South Australia: 67

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