Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 300 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 116 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (18 December 1912), Additions to the Flora of Western and North-Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 41: 256 [secondary reference]

• Type: In obs. as "R. Brown, ... No. 5625!"

Green, J.W. (1961), The Genus Conostylis R.Br. II. Taxonomy. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 85(3): 347-351 [secondary reference]

• Type: "King George's Sound, R. Brown 5625, 1801 (BM)."

Geerinck, D.J.L. (1969), Le genre Conostylis R.Br. (Haemodoraceae d'Australie). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 39: 176 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 51 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D., Purdie, R.W., George, A.S. & Patrick, S.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Conostylis. Flora of Australia 45: 68-74 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Conostylis [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

Macfarlane, T.D. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Haemodoraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 848-849 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 5 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Conostylis preissii Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Conostylis spinuligera Benth. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 308 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Conostylis [n/a]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 206 [secondary reference]

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