Smith, L.S. (29 August 1952), Opisthiolepis, a new genus of Proteaceae from Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 62(9): 79, t. IV [primary reference]

• Type: Opisthiolepis heterophylla L.S.Smith

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 465 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek, opisthen, at the back, and lepis, a scale, referring to the solitary nectary gland (or scale) situated behind the ovary."

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 125 [secondary reference]

Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Opisthiolepis. Flora of Australia 16: 373 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 418 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. & Barker, N.P. (13 November 2006), A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera. Telopea 11(3): 336 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Proteaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 397 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 604 [secondary reference]

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