Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 509 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 231 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 153 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 421-422 [secondary reference]

Althofer, G.W. (June 1978), Cradle of Incense: The Story of Australian Prostanthera: 86, 88-89, 165, 178 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "leaves like marus"

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 137 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 650-651 [secondary reference]

• Comment: The Mangrove Mountain population cited by Conn (1992) in Fl. NSW 3: 650 is now accepted as a distinct species, Prostanthera junonis B.J.Conn.

Conn, B.J. (17 December 1997), Four rare and/or threatened new species of Prostanthera Section Prostanthera (Labiatae) from New South Wales. Telopea 7(3): 237 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prostanthera junonis B.J.Conn legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 650-651

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 29 [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prostanthera sp. Manly Dam (Conn 4444) NSW Herbarium [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prostanthera junonis B.J.Conn legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 650-651

Conn, B.J., Wilson, T.R., Henwood, M.J. & Proft, K.M. (1 November 2013), Circumscription and phylogenetic relationships of Prostanthera densa and P. marifolia (Lamiaceae). Telopea 15: 159-161, Figs 7e, 7f, 8 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here chosen): R. Brown s.n. [J.J.Bennett 2371], anno 1802-1805 [include data from WT Stearn 'Introduction' to Brown (1960)], '10 Prostanthera marifolia Prodr. 509' (handwritten label upper left of sheet), 'New South Wales: North shore of Sydney district (Port Jackson)' (lower right printed label), 'North Shore, Port Jackson' (on reverse side of label/sheet) (BM); probable isolectotypes: 'Prostanthera marifolia Port Jackson' (upper right handwritten label), 'New South Wales: North shore of Sydney district (Port Jackson)' (lower right printed label - as for lectotype) (BM); 'Prostanthera marifolia North shore of Sydney' (handwritten label near lower centre of sheet attached to following label), 'R. Brown, Iter Australiense, 1802-5 [Presented by direction of J.J. Bennett 1876] Ex. Herb. Hort. Bot. Reg. Edin.' (printed label) (LE - lower half of sheet and fragments upper left); 'Prostanthera marifolia Prodr. 509 Port Jackson' (handwritten label near lower right of sheet, in same hand as lectotype, with 'Brown' inserted in another hand), 'Port Jackson Brown Herb. Swartzii' (handwritten label lower right of sheet) (S)

taxonomic synonym: Prostanthera sp. Manly Dam (Conn 4444) NSW Herbarium [n/a]

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