Gardner, C.A. (1943), Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XI. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 197 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad sumnum montem Churchman in rupestribus graniticis, flor. m. Septem. W.E. Blackall 3458."

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

• Lectotype: "Blackall 3458, -.ix [13.x.].1937, `Top of Mt Churchman' [handwritten on small tag in Blackall's hand], `Prostanthera magnifica C.A. Gardner var.' [in Gardner's hand], Western Australia (lecto: PERTH, fragment in K (n.v.); isolecto: PERTH – 3 sheets)"

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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prostanthera magnifica C.A.Gardner legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prostanthera magnifica C.A.Gardner legitimate

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