Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(44): 105 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Kalgan, F.M.; ad rivum Fitzgerald's River, Mx.; flumen Murchisonii versus, Drummond (343)."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 101 [secondary reference]

Althofer, G.W. (June 1978), Cradle of Incense: The Story of Australian Prostanthera: 154, 161-162, 172 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "channelled"

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 147 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. (23 December 1988), A taxonomic revision of Prostanthera Labill. Section Prostanthera (Labiatae). 1. The species of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. Nuytsia 6(3): 369-371, Figs 3c, 12 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Maxwell s.n., s. dat., `Fitzgerald Echo, Fitzgerald River', Western Australia (lecto: MEL 43004)."

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 275 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Prostanthera canaliculata F.Muell. var. canaliculata legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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