⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-26500559, and has not been changed.

Protea hirta subsp. glabrescens Beard is a synonym of Protea welwitschii Engl.

This name is a synonym of Protea welwitschii Engl..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 26500559) with original publication details: Bothalia 7: 60 60 1958.