Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1878), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 11(89): 49 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Phacellothrix cladochaeta (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 268 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 652 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Phacelothrix F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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