sentences: "".Four years later, Meissner formally published this name in his chapter on the Proteaceae in de Candolle's "Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis".No etymology was given for the specific epithet, but it is accepted that it comes from the Latin "speciosus" ("showy"), and refers to the attractive inflorescences; if so then this is somewhat inappropriate since the flowers tend to be obscured by foliage.