Meisner, C.D.F. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1855), New Proteaceae of Australia. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7: 71 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drummond, coll. vi. n. 178"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 67 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 579 [basionym]

basionym of: Linkia comata (Meisn.) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 65 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Persoonia. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 349 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 479 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Latin, comatus, possessing a coma or tuft, in this case a tuft of leaves that sometimes terminates the flowers."

Weston, P.H. (18 September 1994), The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). Telopea 6(1): 155-157, Fig. 33b (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): A specimen labelled by Meisner 'Persoonia (Sacculigera) comata nob. 9. Nov. 1854.) Interior North of Swan River A. 1850-51. legit. Drummond, Coll. VI No 178! D.am. Shuttleworth Nov. 1854.' (NY). Isolectotypes:B, BM, CGE, G (n.v., photo NSW), G-DC (n.v., photo NSW), K (2 sheets), L, MEL, NSW, PERTH

Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16: 123, Map 115 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Linkia comata (Meisn.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Comment: Weston, Flora of Australia 16: 123 (1995) recognised clinal variation from north to south, but no infraspecific taxa.
• APC Dist.: WA

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 150 [secondary reference]

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