Endlicher, S.F.L. in Endlicher, S.F.L., Fenzl, E., Bentham, G. & Schott, H.W. (April 1837), Byttneriaceae. Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel: 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "King Georges Sound. (Hügel.)"

Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Buttneriaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(2-3): 356 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thomasia prostrata Steetz nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Lasiopetalum prostratum Steetz nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Lasiopetalum dumosum Steetz nom. inval., pro syn. misapplication: Rulingia corylifolia Graham legitimate by Steudel, E.G. von in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Buttneriaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(2): 237

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 240 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rulingia nana Turcz. legitimate misapplication: Rulingia corylifolia Graham legitimate by Steudel, E.G. von in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Buttneriaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(2): 237

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 16 [basionym]

basionym of: Commersonia parviflora (Endl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 81 [basionym]

basionym of: Restiaria parviflora (Endl.) Kuntze legitimate

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): 369 [secondary reference]

Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1974), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 1, 2, 3: 355 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 115 [secondary reference]

Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2: 627 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 545 [secondary reference]

common name: Small Flowered Rulingia [n/a]

Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 273 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: here designated: (King Georges Sound Huge., s.n., s.dat.) W (image PERTH 01626094); possible isolectotype: (K.G.S. Hugel, s.n., s.dat.) W.

Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 273 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Commersonia parviflora (Endl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 259 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Commersonia gilva C.F.Wilkins legitimate by Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1974), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 1, 2, 3: 355

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Commersonia gilva C.F.Wilkins legitimate by Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2: 627

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

orthographic variant: Rullingia parviflora Endl. orth. var. orthographic variant: Ruelingia parviflora Diels & E.Pritz. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Commersonia parviflora (Endl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 520 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Commersonia parviflora (Endl.) F.Muell. legitimate

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