Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 320 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Tasmania. C. taxifolium Hook. fil. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 6, p. 283."

Johnson, L.A.S. & McGillivray, D.J. (28 July 1975), Conospermum Sm. (Proteaceae) in Eastern Australia. Telopea 1(1): 61 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "TASMANIA: Spring Bay, Backhouse (K.)"

Johnson, L.A.S. & McGillivray, D.J. (28 July 1975), Conospermum Sm. (Proteaceae) in Eastern Australia. Telopea 1(1): 61 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Conospermum taxifolium C.F.Gaertn. legitimate

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 145 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Conospermum taxifolium C.F.Gaertn. legitimate

Bennett, E.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Appendix: Conospermum. Flora of Australia 16: 485 [basionym]

basionym of: Conospermum hookeri (Meisn.) E.M.Benn. legitimate

Bennett, E.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Conospermum. Flora of Australia 16: 254 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Conospermum hookeri (Meisn.) E.M.Benn. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Conospermum hookeri (Meisn.) E.M.Benn. legitimate

---