Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 131 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Head of the Douglas river, Milligan." [given by J.R.B.Boivin, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 60 (1949) 109 as "Mulligan 1301, marshes in the head of the Douglas River, low thick bushy shrub, 12 Dec. 1851 (V, TYPE; Q, fragment)."].

Boivin, J.R.B (1949), Westringia, an Australian genus of Labiatae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 60: 109 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mulligan 1301, marshes in the head of the Douglas River, low thick bushy shrub, 12 Dec. 1851 (V, TYPE; Q, fragment)."

Boivin, J.R.B (1949), Westringia, an Australian genus of Labiatae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 60: 109 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Westringia rubiifolia R.Br. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Westringia rubiaefolia var. subsericea Benth. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Westringia rubiifolia R.Br. legitimate

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