Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Gasteria carinata group

• Gasteria carinata (Mill.) Duval: (var. carinata) has a rosette habit of growth with a tuberculate leaves surface. This variety is the most common. Distribution: Western and southern portion of the range.
• Gasteria carinata var. glabra (Salm-Dyck) van Jaarsv.: has smooth leaves. Distribution: Eastern portion of the distribution area of the species.
• Gasteria carinata var. retusa van Jaarsv.
• Gasteria carinata var. schweickerdtiana (Poelln.) hort.: Has has pale smooth leaves which are ditichous in young rosettes, very similar if not the same as: Gasteria carinata var. glabra.
• Gasteria carinata var. thunbergii (N.E.Br.) van Jaarsv.
• Gasteria carinata f. variegata hort.: (variegated form) has dark-green leaves stripped logitudinally with yellow.
• Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa (Mill.) van Jaarsv.: has has a distichous habit of growth with dark grey-green leaves with a densely tuberculate surface.