Mueller, F.J.H. von (1869), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7(51): 27 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In insula Lord Howe's Island; Rob. D. Fitzgerald."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 109 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 111 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 145-146, Figs 29, 42 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Dracophyllum fitzgeraldi F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: LHI

Venter, S. (4 January 2021), A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 23-26, Figs 18, 19, 20 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: "Australia. Insula Lord Howe’s Island. 1869. Rob D. Fitzgerald 43 (holo: MEL!)."

orthographic variant: Dracophyllum fitzgeraldi F.Muell. orth. var.

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