Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 552 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Prionotes cerinthoides (Labill.) R. Br.

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 July 1812), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(2): 556 [basionym]

basionym of: Epacris sect. Prionotes (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 246 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 108 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 453 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 477, 478, 479 [secondary reference]

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 22 [secondary reference]

Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Ericaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 174 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 700 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Epacris sect. Prionotes (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Tas

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