Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (15 April 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(1): 141 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Conospermum polycephalum var. leianthum Benth. legitimate

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: 142 (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Conospermum polycephalum var. leianthum Benth. legitimate

• Etymology: "From Latin, leianthus, smooth-flowered; refers to the hairless blooms."

Bennett, E.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Conospermum. Flora of Australia 16: 235-236 APC [secondary reference]

misapplication: Conospermum polycephalum var. leianthum Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 368

• APC Dist.: WA

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