Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: 68 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Between Calder and Prince Regent Rivers, in sandy soil, among sandstone rocks in open forests of Eucalyptus miniata and E. tetradonta, and in the Charnley River Gorge, in rock crevices. Fl. April–July. (1392.)"

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 116 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Dilleniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 152 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hibbertia echiifolia R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Toelken, H.R. (24 February 2010), Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 5. H. melhanioides and H. tomentosa groups from tropical Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 23: 44 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hibbertia echiifolia R.Br. ex Benth. subsp. echiifolia legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 57 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hibbertia echiifolia R.Br. ex Benth. subsp. echiifolia legitimate

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