Green, P.S. (1990), Notes relating to the floras of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, III. Kew Bulletin 45(2): 248 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Lord Howe Island, Mt Gower, Hutton 362 (holotypus K).

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 355, Fig. 87 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: LHI

• Etymology: "Named in honour of Ian Hutton, author of 'Lord Howe Island Island' (1986) and 'Birds of Lord Howe Island, Past and Present' (1990), who discovered this plant and recognised it as a new species."

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

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