Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(31): 25 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Australia occidentali."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 70 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 64 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 409-410 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Latin, verrucosus, warty, referring to the fruits. The fruits on some clones have only small warty protuberances, however."

Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 75-76, Fig. 8A-D, Map 52 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 66 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Hakea propinqua A.Cunn. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(31): 25

Haegi, L., Barker, W.R. & Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Appendix: Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 393 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Western Australia, s.d., Anon. s.n.; lecto (here designated): MEL 675664; ?isolecto: B p.p. (herb. Bernhardi, excluding fruit), BR (2 sheets, excluding fruit on one sheet), CANB (ex herb. Lawson, L, MEL 675673, NY (Torrey herb.), NY."

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