The Langeberg pincushion was first described by Carl Meissner and called it L. attenuatum var .
Carl Meissner contributed a section on the Proteaceae in 1856 to the series Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle .
The Langeberg pincushion was first described by Carl Meissner , who contributed a section on the Proteaceae in 1856 to the series Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle , and called it L. attenuatum var .