Willis, J.H. (8 July 1975), Four new species of plants in the Macdonnell and George Gill Ranges, Central Australia. Muelleria 3(2): 100, t. 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mt. Sonder, W. Macdonnell Ranges, Central Australia, among rocks near head of long steep gorge, at ±1330m alt. and ±0.4 km N.N.E. of cairn on summit (23°34′S, 132°35′E) – J.H. Willis & H.A. Morrison s.n., 20.vii.1966 (MEL 501453). ISOTYPES: (MEL 501452, and AD, NT, NSW)."

George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Epacridaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 271, Fig. 355 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 29 [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: 45 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT

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 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia sonderensis (J.H.Willis) Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel. legitimate

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