Protea fusca Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 95. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 778.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 202. 1720; [icon] in Plukenet, Almag. Mant.: 47, t. 343, f. 9. 1700.

Current name: Leucadendron levisanus (L.) P.J. Bergius ( Proteaceae).