Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(2-4): 9, t. 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in capite Van-Diemen"

Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 505 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 359 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea cernua R.Br. legitimate

Meyer, C.A. von (28 March 1845), Einige Bemerkungen uber die Gattung Pimelea Banks. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 4: 74 [basionym]

basionym of: Calyptrostegia spathulata (Labill.) C.A.Mey. legitimate

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 17 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Calyptrostegia spathulata (Labill.) C.A.Mey. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pimelea cernua R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calyptrostegia cernua (R.Br.) C.A.Mey. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pimelea nutans Meisn. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Pimelea lindleyana Meisn. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 73 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 583 [basionym]

basionym of: Banksia spathulata (Labill.) Kuntze legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 173 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea linifolia Sm. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 92 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 397 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 594, Fig. 783 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 620 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea linifolia Sm. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 207 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea linifolia subsp. A [n/a]

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

• Lectotype: "Herb. Webbianum (FI); photo (SYD). ... The lectotype is the specimen with glabrous involucral bracts."

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: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Pimelea spathulata R.Br. orth. var.

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

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

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 80 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea linifolia Sm. legitimate

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