Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Leucadendron R.Br.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Leucadendron argenteum (L.) R.Br., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 52 (1810)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Protea argentea L., Sp. Pl. 94 (1753)
  • ≡ Euryspermum argenteum (L.) Knight, Cult. Prot. 22 (1809) – as Argenteum
Vernacular Name(s):
Cape silver tree; cape silvertree
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810 ("1811"): On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 15–226.
Edwards, R. 2008: Lincoln University campus – a guide to some of the trees currently growing there. Lincoln University, Lincoln.
Knight, J. 1809: On the Cultivation of the Plants Belonging to the Natural Order of Proteeae. William Savage, London.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Matthews, L.J. 1983: South African Proteaceae in New Zealand. Matthews Publishing, Manakau, NZ.