Bentham, G. in Endlicher, S.F.L., Fenzl, E., Bentham, G. & Schott, H.W. (April 1837), Leguminosae. Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel: 37 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "King Georges Sound (Hügel.)"

Bentham, G. in Hügel, C.A.A. von (ed.) (October 1837), Hovea pungens. Botanisches Archiv der Gartenbaugesellschaft der Ossterreichischen Kaiserstaates 2: t. 7 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 176 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 38 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 266 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 96 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 269 [secondary reference]

common name: Devils Pins [n/a]

Ross, J.H. (12 April 1989), Notes on Hovea R. Br. (Fabaceae): 2. Muelleria 7(1): 33-36 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Western Australia, King Georges Sound, Huegel s.n. (W)."

taxonomic synonym: Hovea pungens var. major Paxton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hovea pungens var. ulicina (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hovea pungens Benth. var. pungens legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hovea pungens var. major Paxton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hovea ulicina Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hovea pungens var. ulicina (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hovea pungens var. major Dombrain nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: WA

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: 90, 92-93, photos 4-6 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Pins [n/a]

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