Rye, B.L. (9 May 1988), A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae. Nuytsia 6(2): 189-190, Figs 23, 25 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "By tributary of Young River, c. 80 km W of Esperance, 33°28′S, 121°09′E, Western Australia, 28 Sept. 1968, P.G. Wilson 8025 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW)."

• Etymology: "Erectus (L.) - upright, referring to the erect inflorescence and involucral bracts, the latter, unlike the bracts of several related species, not becoming reflexed in fruit."

Green, J.W. (20 June 1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 6: 16 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 180, Map 244 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

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