Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 434 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 506 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Veronica diosmaefolia Knowles & Westc. orth. var. by Knowles, G.B. & Westcott, F. (1840), The Floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany 3: 65, t. 106

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 87 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 97 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 140 [secondary reference]

Cockayne, L.C. (1929), New combinations in the genus Hebe. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 60: 470 [basionym]

basionym of: Hebe formosa (R.Br.) Cockayne legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 522 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hebe formosa (R.Br.) Cockayne legitimate

Chalk, D. (1988), Hebes and Parahebes: - [secondary reference]

Chalk, D. (1988), Hebes and Parahebes: 77 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hebe formosa (R.Br.) Cockayne legitimate

Heads, M.J. (1994), A biogeographic review of Parahebe (Scrophulariaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 115(1): 69 [basionym]

basionym of: Parahebe formosa (R.Br.) Heads legitimate

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 458 [secondary reference]

Bayly, M.J. & Kellow, A.V. (2006), Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes: 328 [basionym]

basionym of: Derwentia formosa (R.Br.) Bayly legitimate

Briggs, B.G. & Ehrendorfer, F. (13 November 2006), New Australian species and typifications in Veronica sens. lat. (Plantaginaceae). Telopea 11(3): 281-282 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: here designated: [Tasmania] Ad rupes saxosas flubii Cataract R., in Porta Dalrymple [near Georgetown], R. Brown, 10 Jan 1804 (BM, marked 'A' on sheet, photo NSW). Probably isolectotypes: MEL 21612, 21613 and NSW 6234, which are in similar fruiting condition but lack locality notes.

nomenclatural synonym: Hebe formosa (R.Br.) Cockayne legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Parahebe formosa (R.Br.) Heads legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Derwentia formosa (R.Br.) Bayly legitimate

• APC Dist.: Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 77 [secondary reference]

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