Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 148 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "To this belong the specimens from Queensland and from the northern parts of N.S. Wales."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 295 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 164 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 114 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia viridis Andrews legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Epacridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 251 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia viridis Andrews legitimate

Powell, J.M., Robertson, G., Wiececk, B.M. & Scott, J.A. (30 September 1992), Studies in Australian Epacridaceae: changes to Styphelia. Telopea 5(1): 226 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Lectotype (here designated): Queensland: Moreton Island. F.Mueller (MEL 226791); isolectotype K.

Powell, J.M., Robertson, G., Wiececk, B.M. & Scott, J.A. (30 September 1992), Studies in Australian Epacridaceae: changes to Styphelia. Telopea 5(1): 226 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia viridis subsp. breviflora (Benth.) J.M.Powell legitimate

Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 163 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia viridis subsp. breviflora (Benth.) J.M.Powell legitimate

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