Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(2): 29 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitiebus subsalinis ad sinus St. Vincent's Gulf, Spencer's Gulf et Guichen Bay, ad flumen Murray et lacum Albert."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 159 [basionym]

basionym of: Halothamnus microphyllus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 190 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Halothamnus microphyllus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 13 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 24 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 54 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 57 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 375 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 557, Fig. 718 [secondary reference]

Melville, R. (1967), Contributions to the Flora of Australia: VII. Generic delimitation in the Plagianthus complex. Kew Bulletin 20(3): 515 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Selenothamnus squamatus (Nees) Melville legitimate

Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Lawrencia, Selenothamnus. Flora of Central Australia: 212 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Selenothamnus squamatus (Nees) Melville legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 144 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Selenothamnus squamatus (Nees) Melville legitimate

Lander, N.S. (22 January 1985), Revision of the Australian genus Lawrencia Hook. (Malvaceae: Malveae). Nuytsia 5(2): 246 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Murray River, s.dat., F. Mueller, s.n. (lecto: K; isolecto: BM, Mel 98788 & 98789)."

Lander, N.S. (22 January 1985), Revision of the Australian genus Lawrencia Hook. (Malvaceae: Malveae). Nuytsia 5(2): 246 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lawrencia squamata Nees legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lawrencia squamata Nees legitimate

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