Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 313 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In coloniâ Swan River (Drumm. coll. 5, n. 400!)."

Nelson, E.C. (27 October 1978), A taxonomic revision of the genus Adenanthos (Proteaceae). Brunonia 1(3): 303-4 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adenanthos pungens Meisn. legitimate

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 70 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adenanthos pungens Meisn. subsp. pungens legitimate

Nelson, E.C. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Adenanthos. Flora of Australia 16: 328 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adenanthos pungens Meisn. subsp. pungens legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Adenanthos armata Meisn. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adenanthos pungens Meisn. subsp. pungens legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adenanthos pungens Meisn. subsp. pungens legitimate

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