White, C.T. (1944), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 55: 71 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Burnett District: Biggenden Bluff, alt. 2,000 ft., in rocky places hillslopes, C.T. White 7723 (type: flowers and fruits), Aug. 1931"

Sleumer, H.O. (1964), Florae Malesianae Precursores XXXVII. Materials towards the knowledge of the Epacridaceae mainly in Asia, Malaysia and the Pacific. Blumea 12(1): 154 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia rupicola (C.T.White) Sleumer legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Epacridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 260 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 24 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 24 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Epacridaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 67 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Leucopogon rupicolus C.T.White orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia rupicola (C.T.White) Sleumer legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 159 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia rupicola (C.T.White) Sleumer legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 14 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia rupicola (C.T.White) Sleumer legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia rupicola (C.T.White) Sleumer legitimate

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