Gardner, C.A. (March 1939), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 34(4): t. 3378 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Coolgardie District, near Koorarawalyee, 80 miles west of Coolgardie, fl. Sept. 1931, W.E. Blackall 936."

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 26-27, Map 4 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "coccineus = scarlet."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 104 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (16 September 1998), A taxonomic review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca (Rutaceae: Boronieae). Nuytsia 12(2): 247 [basionym]

basionym of: Philotheca coccinea (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Philotheca. Flora of Australia 26: 376 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Philotheca coccinea (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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