Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(4): 499 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In solo sublimoso-arenoso district. Nelson, m. Dec. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 651."

• Comment: Published as `β brachyphylla'.

Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 191 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrophile squamata R.Br. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Petrophila cunninghamii var. brachyphylla Meisn. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrophile squamata R.Br. legitimate

Rye, B.L., Hislop, M., Shepherd, K.A. & Hollister, C. (29 August 2011), New south-western Australian members of the genus Petrophile (Proteaceae: Petrophileae), including a hybrid. Nuytsia 21(2): 64 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrophile squamata R.Br. legitimate

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