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

• Type: "(J.) v.s."

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

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

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 217 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia biflora (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon sparsus A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon similis Sond. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 245 [secondary reference]

common name: Old Man's Beard [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 296 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 67 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 166 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 504 [secondary reference]

common name: Twin-flower Beard-heath [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 112 [secondary reference]

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

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 174 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Epacridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 261 [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M. & Robertson, G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae Leucopogon Group 3. Flora of New South Wales 3: 430 [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M., Walsh, N.G., & Brown, E.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Leucopogon. Flora of Victoria 3: 506 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Leucopogon fletcheri subsp. brevisepalus J.M.Powell legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 504

Bean, A.R. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Epacridaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 66 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia biflora (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon sparsus A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon similis Sond. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon sp. C (aff. fraseri) [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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

misapplied to: Leucopogon fletcheri subsp. brevisepalus J.M.Powell legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 504

Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 154 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 13 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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

misapplied to: Styphelia fletcheri subsp. brevisepala (J.M.Powell) Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 504

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