Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 589 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: Brown attributes the name to "Smith in linn. trans. 10" but the publication by J.E.Smith, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10(2): 366-367 (1811), post-dates Brown's publication.

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 120 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 87 [secondary reference]

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Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 287 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 567 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Named by Sir James E. Smith in 1810 after Robert Brown, the famous botanist, who was born at Montrose, Scotland, in 1773, and came to Australia in 1802 as naturalist to Captain Flinders' voyage of discovery in the Investigator."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 834 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Named by Sir James E. Smith in 1810 after Robert Brown, the famous botanist, who was born at Montrose, Scotland, in 1773, and came to Australia in 1802 as naturalist to Captain Flinders' voyage of discovery in the Investigator."

Bullock, A.A. (1960), Nomenclatural notes: XII. The types of some generic names. Kew Bulletin 14(1): 41 [secondary reference]

• Type: Brunonia australis R.Br.

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Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Goodeniaceae, Brunoniaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 362 [secondary reference]

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Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 72 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 451 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Pincushion [n/a]

Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Brunoniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 884 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (6 August 1992), Brunoniaceae. Flora of Australia 35: 1-4 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Brunoniaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 588 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 253 [secondary reference]

common name: Native Cornflower [n/a]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 125 [secondary reference]

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