Bonpland, A.J.A. (1816), Description des Plantes Rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre 9: 125, t. 51 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in nova Hollandia."

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1828), The Botanical Cabinet 15: - [secondary reference]

common name: Cels's Hovea [n/a]

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

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 38 [secondary reference]

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

• Lectotype: "Descr. Pl. Malmaison t. 51."

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

orthographic variant: Hovea celsi Bonpl. orth. var.

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

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

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