Proteaceae Juss.
Megahertzia A.S.George & B.Hyland , legitimate, scientific
George, A.S. & Hyland, B.P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Appendix: Megahertzia. Flora of Australia 16: 497 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Megahertzia amplexicaulis A.S.George & B.Hyland.
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "Name a pun on Roaring Meg Creek where an early collection was made, and from the Greek megas (large) and hertz, the term for measuring frequency of sound."
George, A.S. & Hyland, B.P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Megahertzia. Flora of Australia 16: 355 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 416 [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): 334 [secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Proteaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 391-392 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 531 [secondary reference]