Leucadendron repens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 91. 1753.

"Habitat ad Caput b. spei." RCN: 766.

Basionym of: Protea repens (L.) L. (1771) .

Lectotype (Rycroft in J. S. African Bot. 27: 191. 1961): [icon] " Lepidocarpodendron; foliis angustis, brevioribus, salignis; calicis squamis elegantissime ex roseo, aureo, albo, atro-rubro variegatis; florum plumis albis " in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 187. 1720.

Current name: Protea repens (L.) L. ( Proteaceae).