Schwarz, O.K.A. (28 December 1927), Plantae novae vel minus cognitae Australiae tropicae. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 24(4-13): 95 [primary reference]

• Type: "Port Darwin, 4 miles NE; "leaves scented" (Bleeser no. 139). – Koolpinyah, open forest, bush 2 feet (Bleeser no. 365)."

• Comment: nom. illeg. non Brandegee (1914).

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 258 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 75 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J., Latz, P.K., Barritt, M.J., Cowie, I.D. & Albrecht, D.E. (1995), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory: 103 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Stemodia lythrifolia F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

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