Sonder, O.W. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Epacrideae (cont'd). Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 324 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In locis arenosis Australiae occidentalis, d. 21. Mart. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 366. In solo calcareo colliculi prope oppidulum Freemantle, d. 17. Dec. 1839. No. 373 et ad sinum regis Georgii. (Swan-River: Drummond!)."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(42): 34 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia pungens (Sond.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 210 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leucopogon propinquus R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leucopogon propinquus R.Br. legitimate

Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 151 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia propinqua (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

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