Gnaphalium nudifolium Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 19. 1760.

["Habitat in Aethiopia."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1196 (1763). RCN: 6172.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 245. 1981): [icon] " Chrysocome Aethiopica plantaginis folio " in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 143, t. 71. 1678.

Current name: Helichrysum nudifolium (L.) Less. ( Asteraceae).