Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1834), Contributions Towards a Flora of Van Dieman's Land; from collections sent by R. W. Lawrence, and Ronald Gunn, Esqrs., and by Dr. Scott. The Journal of Botany 1: 255 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mr. Lawrence (1831) Mr. Gunn, (n. 8.) – β Mr Gunn, (n. 214) – γ Mr. Gunn, (n. 303.), who observes that it is called Lemon-plant."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 10 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 115 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Boronia pinnata Sm. legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 321 [basionym]

basionym of: Boronia anemonifolia var. variabilis (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 23 [basionym]

basionym of: Boronia anemonifolia var. variabilis (Hook.) Rodway nom. illeg.

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 100-101 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 105 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Boronia anemonifolia A.Cunn. legitimate

Duretto, M.F. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Rutaceae (except Eriostemon). Flora of Victoria 4: 158 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Boronia anemonifolia subsp. 3 [n/a]

Neish, P.G. & Duretto, M.F. (14 December 2000), The taxonomy of Boronia anemonifolia and B. rigens (Boronia sect. Cyanothamnus, Rutaceae). Muelleria 14: 11 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Here designated and by implication by Hooker, J.Bot. (Hooker) 2, 418 (1840), K (ex hb.hook., 4 sprigs on lower half of sheet ) n.v., cibachrome MEL 2041296.

Neish, P.G. & Duretto, M.F. (14 December 2000), The taxonomy of Boronia anemonifolia and B. rigens (Boronia sect. Cyanothamnus, Rutaceae). Muelleria 14: 11-12 [basionym]

basionym of: Boronia anemonifolia subsp. variabilis (Hook.) P.G.Neish legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Boronia anemonifolia subsp. variabilis (Hook.) P.G.Neish legitimate

Duretto, M.F. & Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Boronia Sect. 3. Cyanothamnus. Flora of Australia 26: 201 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Boronia anemonifolia subsp. variabilis (Hook.) P.G.Neish legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 73 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Boronia anemonifolia subsp. variabilis (Hook.) P.G.Neish 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 anemonifolius subsp. variabilis (Hook.) Duretto & Heslewood legitimate

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