Merrill, E.D. (1920), On the identity of Polypodium spinulosum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 354 [comb. nov.]

• Type: From Java (in error), by deduction, from near Swan River, details unknown, but possibly from the Vlaming voyage, 1697.

basionym: Polypodium spinulosum Burm.f. legitimate

• Comment: Although described by Burman as a fern, it is a member of the Proteaceae.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 66 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Synaphea brachystachya Lindl. legitimate

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: 357 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Synaphea brachystachya Lindl. legitimate

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 532 (fig.), 535 (map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Synaphea brachystachya Lindl. legitimate

• Etymology: "From Latin, spinulosus, spiny; referring to the leaves."

George, A.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Synaphea. Flora of Australia 16: 277 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium spinulosum Burm.f. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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