Leucadendron acaulon Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 92. 1753.

"Habitat ad Caput b. spei." RCN: 783.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Boerhaave, Index Alter Pl. Hort. Lugdb.-Bat. 2: 191. 1720.

Current name: Protea acaulos (L.) Reichard ( Proteaceae).