Meisner, C.D.F. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1855), New Proteaceae of Australia. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7: 115 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drummond, coll. v. Suppl. n. 14"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 70 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 161 [basionym]

basionym of: Hakea leucoptera var. kippistiana (Meisn.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 265 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hakea leucoptera var. kippistiana (Meisn.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 63 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 379-380 (fig., map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Named after Richard Kippist (1812-82)"

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 381 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hakea leucoptera R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 265

Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 56, Map 25 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hakea leucoptera var. kippistiana (Meisn.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate misapplication: Hakea tephrosperma R.Br. legitimate by Meisner, C.D.F. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1852), A list of Proteaceae collected in south-western Australia by Mr James Drummond. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 4: 207 misapplication: Hakea leucoptera R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(48): 219

• APC Comment: The author of this species was given as "Kippist & Meisn." in Flora of Australia 17B: 56 (1999), but Meissner (1855) was quite clear in claiming sole responsibility for the name.
• APC Dist.: WA

Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 54 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hakea leucoptera R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 265

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hakea leucoptera R.Br. subsp. leucoptera legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 265

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