Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(2-4): 29, t. 37 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in terrâ Van Leuwin." [given by E.C.Nelson, Brunonia 1 (1978) 329 as "`port du roi georges, cote S.O.nlle.holl.'. [i.e. King George Sound], 1803, M. Leschenault de la Tour: holo G; iso P."].

Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 510 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(65): 66 [secondary reference]

Nelson, E.C. (27 October 1978), A taxonomic revision of the genus Adenanthos (Proteaceae). Brunonia 1(3): 329-331 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 58 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Proteaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 313, Fig. 98 [secondary reference]

common name: Basket Flower [n/a]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 63, 70 (map), 84 (plate) [secondary reference]

vernacular name: cheeuk [n/a] common name: stick-in-the-jug [n/a] common name: jug flower [n/a] common name: basket flower [n/a] common name: gland flower [n/a]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 37 [secondary reference]

Nelson, E.C. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Adenanthos. Flora of Australia 16: 324, Figs 76, 155, Map 359 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 812 [secondary reference]

common name: Jugflower [n/a] common name: Basket Flower [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Adenanthos obovata Labill. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 140 [secondary reference]

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