Gnaphalium arborescens Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 18. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1191 (1763). RCN: 6148.

Replaced synonym of: Gnaphalium arboreum L. (1763), nom. illeg.

Neotype (Lundgren in Opera Bot. 31: 28. 1972): South Africa. Cape Peninsula, Table Mt., rocky slopes and ledges above Kirstenbosch, 600m, 14 Sep 1952, Esterhuysen 20389 (BOL; iso- PRE).

Current name: Anaxeton arborescens (L.) Less. ( Asteraceae).