Xeranthemum canescens Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 20. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1202 (1763). RCN: 6198.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 249, 259. 1981): Herb. Burman, specimen illustrated in Burman, Rar. Afr. Pl.: t. 68, f. 1 (G).

Current name: Syncarpha canescens (L.) B. Nord. ( Asteraceae).