Leucadendron pinifolium Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 110; Mantissa Plantarum: 36. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei. D. Royen." RCN: 756.

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

Lectotype (Rourke in S. African J. Bot. 53: 479. 1987): [icon] " Pini foliis planta Africana, Cyperi capitulis Herm." in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 193, t. 70, f. 3. 1739.

Current name: Aulax cancellata (L.) Druce ( Proteaceae).