Lindley, J. (July 1836), A Natural System of Botany Edn. 2: 443 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Insula Van Diemen. Gunn (No. 307)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(2): 38 [basionym]

basionym of: Cystanthe acerosa (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(42): 69 [basionym]

basionym of: Richea acerosa (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 259 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea acerosa (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 125 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea acerosa (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 458 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Richea procera (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Menadue, Y. & Crowden, R.K. (9 November 2000), Taxonomic revision of Richea R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 779 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Van Diemens Land, Gunn 307, Herb. J. Lindley (1837) (photo!, CGE)

Menadue, Y. & Crowden, R.K. (9 November 2000), Taxonomic revision of Richea R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 779 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea acerosa (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 40 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Richea acerosa (Lindl.) F.Muell. legitimate

Venter, S. (4 January 2021), A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 169 [secondary reference]

• Type: " Van Diemens Land, 17 Jan. 1845, Gunn 307. Herb. J. Lindley (1837) (lecto: photo!, CGE; isolecto: K!, MPU!)."

Venter, S. (4 January 2021), A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 169 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Dracophyllum laciniatum S.Venter legitimate

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