Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1857), Thymelaeaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(2): 498 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In regionibus interioribus (A. Cunn! Mitchell! Exped 1845)."

• Comment: Published as `β Brownii'.

Threlfall, S. (26 January 1983), The genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in eastern mainland Australia. Brunonia 5(2): 139 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "on stony hills interior of N.S.W. 20.vi.1817 (G); photo (SYD)."

Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 191 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea linifolia Sm. subsp. linifolia legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea linifolia Sm. subsp. linifolia legitimate

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