Smith, J.E. (1808), Characters of Platylobium, Bossiaea and of a new Genus named Poiretia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 305 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "King George's Sound on West coast of New Holland (Menzies)"

• Comment: Published under POIRETIA Smith (1808) (nom. illeg.) non Gmelin (1791) nec Cav. (1797) nec Vent. (1808).

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (14 December 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(2): 400 [basionym]

basionym of: Phusicarpos ellipticus (Sm.) Poir. legitimate

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 115 [basionym]

basionym of: Hovea elliptica (Sm.) DC. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 175 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hovea elliptica (Sm.) DC. legitimate

Ross, J.H. (12 April 1989), Notes on Hovea R. Br. (Fabaceae): 2. Muelleria 7(1): 27 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Western Australia, King Georges Sound, 1803, Menzies (LINN, sheet 1190.2)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hovea elliptica (Sm.) DC. legitimate

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