Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1848), Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(2-3): 248 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond. coll III. No. 256."

Nelson, E.C. (27 October 1978), A taxonomic revision of the genus Adenanthos (Proteaceae). Brunonia 1(3): 350 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 71 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adenanthos pungens subsp. effusus E.C.Nelson legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Adenanthos pungens subsp. effusus E.C.Nelson legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Adenanthos pungens subsp. effusus E.C.Nelson legitimate

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