Meisner, C.D.F. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1855), New Proteaceae of Australia. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7: 115 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Gilbert, n. 391"

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 529 [basionym]

basionym of: Hakea sulcata var. gilbertii (Kippist) Benth. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 63 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 377-378 (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hakea sulcata var. gilbertii (Kippist) Benth. legitimate

• Etymology: "Named after Mr Gilbert who first collected this species 'about Perth' in 1842."

Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 158, Map 158 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hakea sulcata var. gilbertii (Kippist) Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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