Proteaceae Juss.
Hakea myrtoides Meisn. , legitimate, scientific
Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(4): 577 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In limoso-arenosis ad flum. Cygnorum, prope villam Cl. Mitchell, d. 28. Jun. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 534. (Drummond n. 608.)"
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 71 [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): 166 BHL [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 64 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Proteaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 342 [secondary reference]
common name: Myrtle Hakea [n/a]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 391 (map) [secondary reference]
common name: myrtle hakea [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the genus Myrtus, the myrtle, and Greek, -oides, similar to, referring to the leaves."
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 114, 131 [secondary reference]
Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B: 145, Plate 23, Fig. 19A-D, Map 137 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: The sterile Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty' is thought to be a hybrid between H. myrtoides and H. petiolaris.
  • APC Dist.: WA