Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 545 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 659 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Brongniart, A.T. in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.) (1834), Phanerogamie. Voyage Autour du Monde. Botanique 2: t. 53 [secondary reference]

Sonder, O.W. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Epacrideae (cont'd). Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 325 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Leucopogon abnormis Sond. legitimate by Brongniart, A.T. in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.) (1834), Phanerogamie. Voyage Autour du Monde. Botanique 2: t. 53

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 216 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Sleumer, H.O. (1963), Florae Malesianae Precursores XXXV. Supplementary notes towards the knowledge of the Ericaceae in Malaysia. Blumea 12(1): 151 [secondary reference]

• Type: "R. Brown n. 2464 (BM, type: K)."

Sleumer, H.O. (1964), Florae Malesianae Precursores XXXVII. Materials towards the knowledge of the Epacridaceae mainly in Asia, Malaysia and the Pacific. Blumea 12(1): 151 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 29 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J., Latz, P.K., Barritt, M.J., Cowie, I.D. & Albrecht, D.E. (1995), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory: 45 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT

Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 153 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Styphelia abnormis (Sond.) F.Muell. legitimate by Brongniart, A.T. in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.) (1834), Phanerogamie. Voyage Autour du Monde. Botanique 2: t. 53

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