Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(8): 181 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In tractu elato New England prope Tenterfield. C.St."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 340 [basionym]

basionym of: Phebalium elatius (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

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

Bailey, F.M. (1884), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1(2): 85 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phebalium elatius (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [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: 49 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 105 [secondary reference]

• Type: " "In tractu elato New England prope Tenterfield. C.St.". Holotypus: MEL 4700 "Mts. 1,000 ft." C. Stuart 153 (flowering); iso.: K (photo seen), MEL 4698."

• Etymology: "elatior = taller."

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 105 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phebalium elatius (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (16 September 1998), New species and nomenclatural changes in Phebalium and related genera (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 12(2): 273 [basionym]

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

Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Leionema. Flora of Australia 26: 436 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Telford, I.R.H. & Bruhl, J.J. (16 December 2020), Morphological data indicate the subspecies of Leionema elatius (Rutaceae) are not conspecific and both should be treated as species. Telopea 23: 200 [secondary reference]

• Type: "New South Wales: New England, C. Stuart 153; lectotype (here corrected from holotype): MEL 4700 (image seen); probable isolectotypes: K (K 000717345, K 000717346 [excluding fruiting specimen, which we treat as a residual syntype], MEL (MEL 4698) (images seen)."

Telford, I.R.H. & Bruhl, J.J. (16 December 2020), Morphological data indicate the subspecies of Leionema elatius (Rutaceae) are not conspecific and both should be treated as species. Telopea 23: 200 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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