Leucadendron lepidocarpodendron Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 91. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 768.

Basionym of: Protea lepidocarpodendron (L.) L. (1771) .

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 189. 1720; [icon] in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 188. 1720.

Generitype of Leucadendron Linnaeus, nom. rej. (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 122. 1929).

Current name: Protea lepidocarpodendron (L.) L. ( Proteaceae).

Note: Leucadendron Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Leucadendron R. Br.