Type:Victoria, Wabonga Plateeau State Park, 10 km south of Whitfield, A.D.J.Piesse 370, 1.x.1986; holotype MEL685291.
APC Dist.:NSW, ACT, Vic
Etymology:"The epithet refers to the occurrence of this species on mountain ranges of the Great Divide of south-eastern Australia (From Latin: montanus, of mountains)."