Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(46): 166 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In rupibus graniticis juxta Timbarra et in loco Poverty-Point. C. St."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 11 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 19 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 48 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 116 [basionym]

basionym of: Phebalium ambiens (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 113, Map 15 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: " "In rupibus graniticis juxta Timbarra et loco Poverty Point. C. St."Lectotypus: MEL 4552, plant 4-6 feet, "granite rocks nr. Timbarra" November, C. Stuart 570. Syntypes: MEL 4551 and NSW 69516. Timbarra, plant 3 feet, granite rocks, "scent very powerful when growing", December, C. Stuart 184; MEL 4550, Poverty Point, plant 8-10 feet, October, C. Sturt 519."

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 113 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phebalium ambiens (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 194 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phebalium ambiens (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rutaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 463 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phebalium ambiens (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (16 September 1998), New species and nomenclatural changes in Phebalium and related genera (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 12(2): 271 [basionym]

basionym of: Leionema ambiens (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Leionema. Flora of Australia 26: 444 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leionema ambiens (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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