Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(4): 569 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In glareosis sterilibus sylvae inter flum. Gordon et colles Warrcup Hills, Hay, d. 6. Nov. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 552."

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

Barker, R.M. (21 September 1990), New species, new combinations and other name changes in Hakea (Proteaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 13: 108 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 105-107, Fig. 12 O-Q, Map 91 APC [secondary reference]

misapplication: Hakea baxteri R.Br. legitimate by George, A.S. (1984), An Introduction to the Proteaceae of Western Australia: 66

• APC Dist.: WA

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