Johnson, L.A.S. (17 September 1962), Taxonomic notes on Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(3): 94 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Bowen's Creek, Bilpin–Mt. Irvine road, 1,750 feet, N.S.W., E.F. Constable 6.10.1950 (NSW 16415), flowering."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 180 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 366 (plate), 367 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Named after Ernest F Constable, former seed and plant collector for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, who drew the attention of Dr Johnson to this species in 1950."

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Hakea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 59-60 [secondary reference]

Barker, W.R. (29 August 1996), Novelties and taxonomic notes relating to Hakea (Proteaceae), mainly of eastern Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 187 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 56-57, Fig. 5F-H, Map 26 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW

Barker, R.M., Harden, G.J., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Hakea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 73 [secondary reference]

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