Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 319-320 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia. Drummond n. 78"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 10 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 18 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (5 May 1971), Taxonomic notes on the family Rutaceae, principally of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 200 [basionym]

basionym of: Boronia coerulescens subsp. spinescens (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (17 February 1998), New names and new taxa in the genus Boronia (Rutaceae) from Western Australia, with notes on seed characters. Nuytsia 12(1): 149 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Swan River Colony, Western Australia, J.Drummond 87 (holo: K; iso: MEL236848)."

• Text: "The Drummond collection was incorrectly cited by Bentham. loc. cit. [i.e. G.Bentham, Fl. Austral. 1: 319 (1863)] as 78."

Wilson, Paul G. (17 February 1998), New names and new taxa in the genus Boronia (Rutaceae) from Western Australia, with notes on seed characters. Nuytsia 12(1): 149 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Boronia coerulescens subsp. spinescens (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Boronia coerulescens subsp. spinescens (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Duretto, M.F. & Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Boronia Sect. 3. Cyanothamnus. Flora of Australia 26: 211 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Boronia coerulescens subsp. spinescens (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Duretto, M.F., Heslewood, M.M. & Bayly, M.J. (June 2020), Boronia (Rutaceae) is polyphyletic: Reinstating Cyanothamnus and the problems associated with inappropriately defined outgroups. Taxon 69(3): 493 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyanothamnus coerulescens subsp. spinescens (Benth.) Duretto & Heslewood legitimate

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