Drummond, J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Botanical Information. The Journal of Botany 2: 365 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "west side of a hill which the road crosses about a mile to the east of the watering place called Goolgoil of the natives"

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

basionym of: Hovea trisperma var. grandiflora (J.Drumm.) Benth. legitimate

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

• Lectotype: "Western Australia, Drummond (K)."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Hovea trisperma Benth. legitimate

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