Leucadendron scolymocephalum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 92. 1753.

"Habitat ad Caput b. spei, in ericetis mont. Tigridis." RCN: 784.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 192. 1720.

Current name: Protea scolymocephala (L.) Reichard ( Proteaceae).