Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1878), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 11(89): 46 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Circum montes Russell's Range et ad Mount Rugged; A. Forrest."

• Comment: Mueller refers to G.Bentham, Fl. Austral. 6 (1873) 23 however the name is given there without a description in notes under Pimelea spicata Benth.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 73 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 583 [basionym]

basionym of: Banksia spiculigera (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 119 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (9 May 1988), A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae. Nuytsia 6(2): 160, 163 [secondary reference]

• Type: near Russell Range, Western Australia, date unknown, A. Forrest (holo: MEL).

nomenclatural synonym: Banksia spiculigera (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 158 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Banksia spiculigera (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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