Gardner, C.A. (1943), Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XI. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 196 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in distr. Irwin, ad vicum Mullewa 30 km. occidentalem versus, flor. m. Septem. W.E. Blackall 2783 (Typus);"

Althofer, G.W. (June 1978), Cradle of Incense: The Story of Australian Prostanthera: 79, 154-157, 178 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "magnificent"

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): 404-406, Figs 10a-d, 14 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Blackall 2783, -.ix.–[early 1900's], 20 miles from Mullewa towards Morawa, Western Australia (lecto: PERTH; isolecto: MEL 667920, PERTH)."

taxonomic synonym: Prostanthera magnifica var. asperata C.A.Gardner legitimate

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 20, 75, Fig. 206 [secondary reference]

common name: Magnificent Prostanthera [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 276 [secondary reference]

common name: Magnificent Prostanthera [n/a]

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

common name: Magnificent Prostanthera [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Prostanthera magnifica C.A.Gardner var. magnifica legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prostanthera magnifica var. asperata C.A.Gardner legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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