Proteaceae Juss.
Conospermum ephedroides Kippist ex Meisn.
, legitimate, scientific
[Kippist, R. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1855), Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7]:
70
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Prope Yenert. – Gilbert, n. 71."
[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]:
140 (map)
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"Named for its similarity to Ephedra, a genus of almost leafless gymnosperms, similar to horsetails."
[Bennett, E.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Conospermum. Flora of Australia 16]:
237, Figs 63, 107, Map 241
APC
[secondary reference]