Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 325 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "East Shoal Cape and Cape Arid, Maxwell."

Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Appendix: Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 477 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Cape Arid [W.A.], date unknown, G.Maxwell s.n.; lecto (here chosen): K.

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 propinqua var. sericiflora Benth. 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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