Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 555 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(42): 68 [basionym]

basionym of: Richea sprengelioides (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 259 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea sprengelioides (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 125 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea sprengelioides (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 457 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea sprengelioides (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Menadue, Y. & Crowden, R.K. (9 November 2000), Taxonomic revision of Richea R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 783 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: here designated is the centre specimen on the right hand side of the sheet. Mt Wellington near the Derwent River, April, 1804, R.Brown, (BM 35648!).

Menadue, Y. & Crowden, R.K. (9 November 2000), Taxonomic revision of Richea R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 783 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea sprengelioides (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cystanthe sprengeloides F.Muell. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea sprengelioides (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 37 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea sprengelioides (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Venter, S. (4 January 2021), A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 175 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Tasmania,Mount Wellington near the Derwent River, Apr. 1804, R. Brown s.n. (lecto: BM 35648!; isolecto: K!, MEL!)."

Venter, S. (4 January 2021), A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 175 [basionym]

basionym of: Dracophyllum sprengelioides (R.Br.) S.Venter legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dracophyllum sprengelioides (R.Br.) S.Venter legitimate

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