Pedley, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Appendix: Combretaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 327 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "24 km E of Kawawah Lagoon on the track to Marapah, Qld, 17 Oct. 1982, J.R.Clarkson 4576; holo BRI; iso: K, MBA, PERTH, QRS."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet is from the Latin prostratus (lying on the ground), a reference to the habit of the plant."

Pedley, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Combretaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 284, Fig. 100, Map 379 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Terminalia ferdinandiana Exell legitimate

Barrett, R.L. (10 September 2015), Examining range disjunctions in Australian Terminalia (Combretaceae) with taxonomic revision of the T. canescens and T. cunninghamii species complexes. Australian Systematic Botany 28(1): 39-40 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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