Hooker, W.J. (1 April 1836), Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 1(9): 277 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mr. Gunn (n. 460.) – Discovered by Mr. Backhouse, at Meredith River, Swan Port, E. coast."

Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): 74 [basionym]

basionym of: Cryptandra obovata (Hook.) Hook.f. nom. illeg.

Reissek, S. (1858), Plantae Muellerianae Australasicae - Celastrineae, Rhamneae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 29(3): 278 [basionym]

basionym of: Trymalium obovatum (Hook.) Reissek legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 429 [basionym]

basionym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 118 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

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