Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Leucadendron cucullatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 93 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Mimetes cucullatus (L.) R. Br.
original Latin diagnosis
Leucadendron foliis calloso-tricuspidatis involventibus flores laterales.
English translation
Leucadendron with leaf blades callose-tricuspidate [and] enveloping the lateral flowers.
| Leucadendron | Leucadendron |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun folium, folii |
| callose-tricuspidate | calloso-tricuspidatis = calloso- (combining form of group A adjective callosus, -a, -um) + tricuspidatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective tricuspidatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| enveloping | involventibus - ablative plural neuter of present active participle of third conjugation verb involvo, involvere, involui, involutum; agrees with foliis |
| lateral | laterales - accusative plural masculine of group B adjective lateralis, -is, -e; modifies flores |
| flowers. | flores - accusative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris; direct object of involventibus |