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

• Type: "Nova-Hollandia ad King George's sound"

basionym: Poiretia elliptica Sm. nom. illeg.

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1828), The Botanical Cabinet 15: No. 1450 [secondary reference]

common name: Elliptic-leaved Hovea [n/a]

Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 79 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Poiretia elliptica Sm. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Hovea celsii Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Platychilum celsianum Laun. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goodia simplicifolia Spreng. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Hovea latifolia Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 176 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hovea trisperma var. grandiflora (J.Drumm.) Benth. legitimate by Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 79

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 266 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 96 [secondary reference]

Ross, J.H. (12 April 1989), Notes on Hovea R. Br. (Fabaceae): 2. Muelleria 7(1): 27-29 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here selected):Western Australia: King George Sound, 1803, Menzies (LINN, sheet 1190.2)

nomenclatural synonym: Phusicarpos ellipticus (Sm.) Poir. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 757 [secondary reference]

common name: Oval-leaved Hovea [n/a] common name: Tree Hovea [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Poiretia elliptica Sm. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Phusicarpos elliptica Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Phusicarpos ellipticus (Sm.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hovea celsi Bonpl. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Hovea celsii Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Platychilum celsianum Laun. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goodia simplicifolia Spreng. legitimate

• APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2249 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Phusicarpos ellipticus. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.
• APC Dist.: WA

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

misapplied to: Hovea trisperma Benth. legitimate by Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 79

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