 The sole species in the genus is Leucophyta brownii, also known as cushion bush.In 1891 German botanist Otto Kuntze assigned a number of species to this genus in his publication "Revisio Generum Plantarum" but none of his name combinations have currency, these species being presently divided between the genera "Balladonia", "Blennospora", "Calocephalus" and "Gnephosis".