Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 510 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll. n. 615."

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 360 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hakea auriculata Meisn. legitimate

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 114, 126 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (21 September 1990), New species, new combinations and other name changes in Hakea (Proteaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 13: 107 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hakea spathulata (Benth.) R.M.Barker nom. illeg.

Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 83 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hakea spathulata (Benth.) R.M.Barker nom. illeg.

Turner, I.M. (2014), Names of extant angiosperm species that are illegitimate homonyms of fossils. Annales Botanici Fennici 51: 307 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Hakea neospathulata I.M.Turner legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hakea neospathulata I.M.Turner legitimate

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