Don, G. (1831), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 1: 115 [tax. nov.]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

misapplication: Berberis aristata DC. legitimate by Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Berberidaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 168-169

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised)

Morley, B.D. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Berberidaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 359, Fig. 68J-M, Map 398 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Berberis aristata DC. legitimate by Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Berberidaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 168-169

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