Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Appendix: Telopea. Flora of Australia 16: 498-499 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Gibraltar Ra., N.S.W., 1 Nov. 1984, M.D.Crisp 7536 & J.M.Taylor; holo: CBG; iso: AD, K, MEL, NSW.

• Etymology: "The name aspera is Latin for rough or harsh and refers to the texture of the leaves."

Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Telopea. Flora of Australia 16: 387, 389, Fig. 171, Map 437 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Telopea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 31 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Telopea sp. A [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Telopea sp. "Gibraltar Range" [n/a] nomenclatural synonym: Telopea sp. A [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NSW

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