Smith, J.E. (15 October 1793), A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland 1(2): 19, t. 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "very fine dried specimens sent by Mr. White."

common name: Great Embothrium [n/a] common name: Waratah [n/a]

Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 510 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Embothrium spathulatum Cav. legitimate

Sims, J. (1807), Botanical Magazine 27: t. 1128 [secondary reference]

Salisbury, R.A. (1808), Paradisus Londinensis 2(2): sub t. 111 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Embothrium speciosum Salisb. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Knight, J. (1809), On the cultivation of plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae: 126 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Hylogyne speciosa Salisb. ex Knight nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Brown, R. in Aiton, W.T. (1810), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 1: 212 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 198 [basionym]

basionym of: Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (1921), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 594 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 540 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Telopea. Flora of Australia 16: 387 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

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