Leucadendron hypophyllocarpodendron Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 93. 1753.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei in campis sabulosis." RCN: 771.

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

Lectotype (Rourke in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 8: 104. 1972): [icon] " Conocarpodendron; folio rigido, angusto, apice tridentato rubro; flore aureo " in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 198. 1720.

Current name: Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron (L.) Druce ( Proteaceae).