Sonder, O.W. (1844), collectorum 1844. Index Seminum in Horto Botanico Hamburgensi : 7, 8 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited). [given by Sonder in Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1 (1845) 375 as "In solo limoso inter frutices ad latus meridionali-occidentale montis Clarence, Plantagenet, d. 7. Dec. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 2261."].

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 16 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium rupestre Sond. legitimate

Mildbraed, G.W.J. in Engler, H.G.A. (26 May 1908), Stylidiaceae. Das Pflanzenreich 35: 58 [basionym]

basionym of: Stylidium spathulatum var. lehmannianum (Sond.) Mildbr. legitimate

Wege, J.A. (16 December 2006), Taxonomic observations on Stylidium spathulatum (Stylidiaceae), with the description of three allied species from section Saxifragoidea. Nuytsia 16(1): 234 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: here designated: MEL 2069495; isolecto: LD, MEL 2069496, MEL 2069497, MEL 2069498, P, W (4 sheets).

Wege, J.A. (16 December 2006), Taxonomic observations on Stylidium spathulatum (Stylidiaceae), with the description of three allied species from section Saxifragoidea. Nuytsia 16(1): 234 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium spathulatum R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium spathulatum R.Br. legitimate

Wege, J.A. (8 June 2017), Stylidium miscellany 3: a synopsis of Robert Brown’s Stylidiaceae types and occasional notes on associated names. Nuytsia 28: 244 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium spathulatum R.Br. legitimate

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