Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 197 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 2062).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 18 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 71 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 6 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hylogyne Salisb. ex Knight nom. rej.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 122 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hylogyne Salisb. ex Knight nom. rej.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 164, 165 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 2-3, 200 [secondary reference]

common name: Waratahs [n/a]

• Etymology: From the Greek telopos (seen from afar).

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 85 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1959), The Genus Telopea. Australian Plants 1(1): 7-10 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 193 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 612 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2: 853 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hylogyne Salisb. ex Knight nom. rej.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 182 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 191 [secondary reference]

• Type: Telopea speciosissima (Smith) R.Br., typ. cons.

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 537-539 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek, telopos, seen from afar, referring to the conspicuous red flowers."

Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Telopea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 30 [secondary reference]

common name: Waratahs [n/a]

Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Telopea. Flora of Australia 16: 386 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hylogyne Salisb. ex Knight nom. rej.

• APC Dist.: NSW, Vic

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Proteaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 845 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Telopea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 30 [secondary reference]

common name: Waratahs [n/a]

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): 336 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Proteaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 396 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 845-846 [secondary reference]

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