Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Epacridaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 750 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in sterilibus dumetis Novae-Hollandiae ad Hunters-river legit cl. A. Cunningham aug. fl. ... (v.s. à cl. inv.)"

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 207 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon linifolius A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Styphelia linifolia (A.Cunn. ex DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 933 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon linifolius A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Styphelia linifolia (A.Cunn. ex DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 244 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 295 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 66 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 165 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia linifolia (A.Cunn. ex DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1050 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leucopogon linifolius A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 172 [secondary reference]

common name: Beard Heath [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 113 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Styphelia linifolia (A.Cunn. ex DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Epacridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 259, Fig. 38A [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 426 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Epacridaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 66 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon linifolius A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Styphelia linifolia (A.Cunn. ex DC.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Puente-Lelièvre, C., Hislop, M., Harrington, M., Brown, E.A., Kuzmina, M. & Crayn, D.M. (10 May 2016), A five-marker molecular phylogeny of the Styphelieae (Epacridoideae, Ericaceae) supports a broad concept of Styphelia. Australian Systematic Botany 28(5,6): 384 [basionym]

basionym of: Acrothamnus melaleucoides (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Puente-Lel. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2018), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2017 to 2018. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2018: 8 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acrothamnus melaleucoides (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Puente-Lel. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acrothamnus melaleucoides (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Puente-Lel. legitimate

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