Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 140 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller."

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 68 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala rhinanthoides Sol. ex Benth. legitimate

Kerrigan, R.A. (30 April 2012), A treatment for Polygala of northern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 25(2): 109 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala galeocephala R.A.Kerrigan legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala galeocephala R.A.Kerrigan legitimate

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