Smith, L.S. (1969), New species of and notes on Queensland Plants V. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 6: 15, figs. 2, 3 h–n. [tax. nov.]

• Type: Neorites kevediana L.S.Sm.

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 463 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Latin, neo-, new, and the generic name Orites. Lindsay Smith coined the name to indicate the affinity of his new genus with Orites.""

Hewson, H.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Neorites. Flora of Australia 16: 352 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 418 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: In the past the generic name Neorites has usually been treated as feminine, but the ICBN Art. 62.4 mandates masculine gender.
• APC Dist.: Qld

Weston, P.H. & Barker, N.P. (13 November 2006), A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera. Telopea 11(3): 334 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Proteaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 392-393 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 579 [secondary reference]

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