Proteaceae Juss.
Lambertia propinqua R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (1830), Proteaceas Novas. Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae: 30 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Ora occid.-merid., King George's Sound, 1829. D. Baxter."
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 6 [secondary reference]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 445-446 (map), 455 (plate) [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From Latin, propinquus, near, referring to its similarity to Lambertia echinata, in which species Bentham included it in his Flora Australiensis. It is now considered distinct."
Hnatiuk, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Lambertia. Flora of Australia 16: 427 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Lambertia echinata subsp. citrina Hnatiuk legitimate