Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 331 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In coloniâ Swan River (Drumm. coll. 4, n. 272!). ... (v.s. in herb. Shuttl.)"

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 tortifolia (Meisn.) Kuntze legitimate

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

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 496 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Persoonia trinervis Meisn. legitimate

Weston, P.H. (18 September 1994), The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). Telopea 6(1): 120 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): a sheet labelled by Meisner 'Persoonia tortifolia nov. (30.jun.2850) Swan River legit Drummond, n. 272! D. am. Shuttleworth 11.Oct.1853' (NY). Isolectotypes: BM, CGE, E, G (n.v., photo NSW), G-DC (n.v., photo NSW), K (2 sheets), MEL (2 sheets), NSW, PERTH (n.v.), TCD.

Weston, P.H. (18 September 1994), The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). Telopea 6(1): 120 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Persoonia trinervis Meisn. legitimate

Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16: 111 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Persoonia trinervis Meisn. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Persoonia trinervis Meisn. legitimate

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