Planchon, J.E. (1848), Sur la famille des Droséracées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, 9: 298 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in insula Van Diemen loco dicto Formosa; Gunn., no. 1027, in herb Hook."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Elliott (1817).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 9 [secondary reference]

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): 30 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 61 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Sm. ex Willd. nom. illeg.

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 465 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata var. foliosa Benth. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 48 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Drosera peltata var. foliosa Benth. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 185 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 188 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate

Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 22 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Drosera peltata var. foliosa Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Tas

Gibson, R.P., Conn, B.R. & Conran, J.G. (20 December 2010), Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran, a replacement name for Drosera foliosa Hook.f. ex Planch., nom. illeg. (Droseraceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 41 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here selected): Formosa, Tasmania, 7 Dec. 1842, R.C.Gunn 1027 (K215054, top row, middle specimen). Isolectotype: remaining specimens of 215054.

Gibson, R.P., Conn, B.R. & Conran, J.G. (20 December 2010), Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran, a replacement name for Drosera foliosa Hook.f. ex Planch., nom. illeg. (Droseraceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 41 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran legitimate

Gibson, R., Conn, B.J. & Bruhl, J.J. (9 March 2012), Morphological evaluation of the Drosera peltata complex (Droseraceae). Australian Systematic Botany 25(1): 66 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 36 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran legitimate

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