Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: xxxiii. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (none cited).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 72 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 578 [basionym]

basionym of: Josephia carduacea (Lindl.) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 60 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Proteaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 325 [secondary reference]

common name: Pingle [n/a]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 138 (plate), 160 (fig., map), 179, 180 [secondary reference]

common name: pingle [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the old family name Carduaceae, now included in the daisy family Asteraceae. Lindley apparently considered that the leaves of this species resembled those of members of that family, which included many thistles."

George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 336 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryandra squarrosa R.Br. subsp. squarrosa legitimate

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 273 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryandra squarrosa R.Br. subsp. squarrosa legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryandra squarrosa R.Br. subsp. squarrosa legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Banksia squarrosa (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele subsp. squarrosa legitimate

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