Meisner, C.D.F. (12 January 1855), Leguminosae quaedam Australasicae novae. Botanische Zeitung 13(2): 30 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drumm. coll. VI. n. 26"

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

basionym of: Hovea pungens var. ulicina (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate

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

• Lectotype: "Western Australia, Drummond, coll. 6, no. 26 (NY; ISOLECTOTYPE: CGE, MEL)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hovea pungens Benth. legitimate

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