Smith, J.E. (1808), Characters of Platylobium, Bossiaea and of a new Genus named Poiretia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 304 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "This shrub, sedds and specimens of which have been sent from New South Wales, flowered in Mr. George Hibbert's rich collection at Clapham in 1798."

• Comment: Published under POIRETIA Smith (1808) (nom. illeg.) non Gmelin (1791) nec Cav. (1797) nec Vent. (1807).

Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4: 275 [basionym]

basionym of: Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

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 linearis (Sm.) Poir. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 172 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Lee, A.T. & Thompson, J. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 101(2): 135 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Ross, J.H. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Hovea. Flora of Victoria 3: 805 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Ross, J.H. (24 July 1996), Notes on Hovea R.Br. (Fabaceae): 6. Muelleria 9: 15 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: New South Wales, Port Jackson, 1791, J.White s.n. LECTOTYPE (here selected): LINN (sheet 1190.1 pro parte).

Ross, J.H. (24 July 1996), Notes on Hovea R.Br. (Fabaceae): 6. Muelleria 9: 15 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

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