1771 R. Weston II. 201 Spanish prickly-cupped Dwarf Cistus.
?1788 J. Abercrombie 198/1 Prickly-cupped Spanish Oak. A most lofty, large, deciduous tree, of beautiful growth..and acorns in very large, prickly cups.
1872 tr. L. Figuier (new ed.) 370 The Prickly-cupped Oak or Valonia..which grows in the Morea, valuable for its acorns.