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

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei locis uliginosis." RCN: 764.

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

Lectotype (Rourke in J. S. African Bot. 50: 182. 1984): [icon] " Hypophyllocarpodendron; foliis inferioribus apice trifido, rubro, superioribus penitus rubris, glabris " in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 206. 1720.

Current name: Mimetes cucullatus (L.) R. Br. ( Proteaceae).