Bentham, G. in Endlicher, S.F.L., Fenzl, E., Bentham, G. & Schott, H.W. (April 1837), Epacrideae. Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel: 77 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River (Hügel.)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(42): 31 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia squarrosa (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 192 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia squarrosa (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 138 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Epacridaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 191 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 240 [secondary reference]

Hislop, M. (29 August 2011), New, locally endemic taxa in Leucopogon (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae) from the Perth and midwest regions of Western Australia. Nuytsia 21(2): 82-83 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Swan River Colony [near Perth, Western Australia], 27 November–19 December 1833, C.A.A.F. von Hügel s.n. (lecto, here designated: W 0004483, image seen; isolecto: K 000348476!).

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

nomenclatural synonym: Leucopogon squarrosus Benth. var. squarrosus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia squarrosa (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

---