Gnaphalium cymosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 855. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 6171.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 241. 1981): Herb. Clifford: 401, Gnaphalium 6 [ “7”] (BM-000647002) .

Current name: Helichrysum cymosum (L.) D. Don ( Asteraceae).