Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 9 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan river, Drummond, 1st coll."

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 394 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (24 October 1984), Four new names for Pimelea species (Thymelaeaceae) represented in the Perth region. Nuytsia 5(1): 9 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Swan River (Western Australia), Drummond, 1st collection (lecto: K; iso: K, NY)."

Rye, B.L. (24 October 1984), Four new names for Pimelea species (Thymelaeaceae) represented in the Perth region. Nuytsia 5(1): 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pimelea rara Rye legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 374 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea rara Rye legitimate

Rye, B.L. (9 May 1988), A revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae. Nuytsia 6(2): 234 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pimelea rara Rye legitimate

Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 201 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pimelea rara Rye legitimate

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