Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Epacridaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 768 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in montibus insulae Van-Diemen prope Hobart-town legit cl. Cunningham. ... (v.s. à cl. inv.)"

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 249 [secondary reference]

Voss, A. (1894), Vilmorin's Blumengartnerei Edn. 3, 1(1): 610 [basionym]

basionym of: Sprengelia incarnata f. propinqua (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Siebert & Voss legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 124 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sprengelia incarnata Sm. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 454 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sprengelia incarnata Sm. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Sprengelia propinqua A.Cunn. ex DC. var. propinqua legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sprengelia incarnata f. propinqua (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Siebert & Voss legitimate

• APC Dist.: Tas

Crowden, R.K. (23 August 2013), Emendments to Sprengelia Sm., (Epacridoideae Ericaceae), Tasmania, Australia. Telopea 15: 62, Fig. 1 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sprengelia propinqua var. demissa F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sprengelia incarnata f. propinqua (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Siebert & Voss legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sprengelia macrantha Hook.f. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Sprengelia incarnata Sm. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 454-455, Fig. 103

• APC Dist.: Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 41 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sprengelia propinqua var. demissa F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sprengelia incarnata f. propinqua (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Siebert & Voss legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sprengelia macrantha Hook.f. legitimate

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