Stschegleew, S.S. (1859), Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 32(1): 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nova Hollandia. Drummond Coll. V. No. 314."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 189 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leucopogon distans var. contractus Benth. nom. illeg.

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

taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon distans var. contractus Benth. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon distans subsp. contractus Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA

Hislop, M. (23 March 2012), Two new species from the Leucopogon distans group (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae) and the reinstatement of L. penicillatus. Nuytsia 22(1): 10-13, Figs 3 (map), 6-7 APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Leucopogon penicellatus Stschegl. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon distans var. contractus Benth. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon distans subsp. contractus Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA

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