Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1848), Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(2-3): 246 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond. coll. II. no. 296."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 65 [secondary reference]

Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 191 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrophile squamata R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Petrophila colorata Meisn. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrophile squamata R.Br. legitimate

Rye, B.L., Hislop, M., Shepherd, K.A. & Hollister, C. (29 August 2011), New south-western Australian members of the genus Petrophile (Proteaceae: Petrophileae), including a hybrid. Nuytsia 21(2): 64 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrophile squamata R.Br. legitimate

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