Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 565 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Stylidium Sw. ex Willd.

Brown, R. in Flinders, M. (1814), General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis. A Voyage to Terra Australis 2, Appendix III: 561 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 85 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Candolleaceae F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 46 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 568 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 834-835 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 364 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 391-392 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 348-349 [secondary reference]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 228 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 986-987 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F. & George, A.S in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Stylidiaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 362 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Stylidiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 492-493 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Stylidiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 606 [secondary reference]

Stanberg, L.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Stylidiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 442 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Stylidiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 874 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 414, 415 [secondary reference]

Raulings, E.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Stylidiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 579 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 901 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 421 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Donatiaceae B.Chandler nom. cons.

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 128 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Candolleaceae F.Muell. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Donatiaceae B.Chandler nom. cons.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Stylideae R.Br. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Donatiaceae B.Chandler nom. cons.

• APC Comment: Donatiaceae (comprising Donatia) is recognised as a distinct taxon in WA and Tas.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 828-829, 938 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Donatiaceae B.Chandler nom. cons.

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 117 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Donatiaceae B.Chandler nom. cons.

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 27 (photo) [secondary reference]

common name: Triggerplant [n/a]

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