Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(69): 229 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Inter flumen Albergae et montem Olgae; Giles."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 103 [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): 498-499 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 723 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 256 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. (29 December 1978), Taxonomic revision of Chloanthaceae trib. Physopsidae. Brunonia 1(4): 556-567, Fig. 30-31, Map 10 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Chloanthaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 301 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 144 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Chloanthaceae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 76 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 212 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Dicrastyles gilesii F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii F.Muell. f. gilesii legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii F.Muell. var. gilesii legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii var. laxa Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. brevipila Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. irregularis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. bagotensis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii var. bagotensis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. densa Munir legitimate pro parte misapplication: Dicrastylis ochrotricha F.Muell. nom. illeg. by Tate, R. in Spencer, W.B. (ed.) (March 1896), Botany. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia 3: 174 pro parte misapplication: Dicrastylis exsuccosa (F.Muell.) Druce legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 723, Fig. 1033

• APC Comment: In NT divided into three varieties, D. gilesii var. gilesii, var. laxa and var. bagotensis. In WA D. petermannensis is included in this taxon, but in NT and SA is treated as a distinct species.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii F.Muell. var. gilesii legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis petermannensis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii var. laxa Munir legitimate

Rye, B.L. (5 December 2007), A review of the sectional classification of Dicrastylis (Lamiaceae: Chloantheae) and four new arid-zone species from Western Australia. Nuytsia 17: 313-315 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis petermannensis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii var. laxa Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii var. bagotensis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. irregularis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. densa Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. brevipila Munir legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Dicrastyles gilesii F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii F.Muell. var. gilesii legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii F.Muell. f. gilesii legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis petermannensis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. densa Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii var. bagotensis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. bagotensis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. irregularis Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii f. brevipila Munir legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicrastylis gilesii var. laxa Munir legitimate pro parte misapplication: Dicrastylis ochrotricha F.Muell. nom. illeg. by Tate, R. in Spencer, W.B. (ed.) (March 1896), Botany. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia 3: 174 pro parte misapplication: Dicrastylis exsuccosa (F.Muell.) Druce legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 723, Fig. 1033

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA

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