Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 154 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Novae Hollandiae, ora australi: Lewin's Land. (ubi V.V.)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 66 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 59 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 136 (map), 139 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Conospermum marginatum Meisn. legitimate

• Etymology: "From Latin, caeruleus, blue; refers to the flower colour."

Bennett, E.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Conospermum. Flora of Australia 16: 239 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 819 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Brother [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Conospermum coeruleum B.D.Jacks. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA

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