Protea hypophyllocarpodendron (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 191. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei in campis arenosis." RCN: 771.

Basionym: Leucadendron hypophyllocarpodendron L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Rourke in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 8: 104. 1972): [icon] " Conocarpodendron; folio rigido, angusto, apice tridentato rubro; flore aureo " in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 198. 1720.

Current name: Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron (L.) Druce ( Proteaceae).