Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1857), Thymelaeaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(2): 510 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad basin jugi montium, prope Moreton Bay (A. Cunningh!). ... (v.s. in herb. Cunn., DC., etc.)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1869), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7(50): 6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pimelea elachantha F.Muell. nom. illeg.

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

Threlfall, S. (26 January 1983), The genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in eastern mainland Australia. Brunonia 5(2): 172-173, Fig. 9C (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Base of the Great Dividing Chain Lat. 28? W. Moreton Bay 1827 (G); photo (SYD)."

taxonomic synonym: Pimelea leptospermoides F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pimelea bowmanni F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Banksia leptospermoides (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 50 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 53 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 385 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 170, Fig. 75E, Map 226 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 385 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (18 December 2017), A taxonomic revision of Pimelea section Epallage (Endl.) Benth. (Thymelaeaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 10(1): 37-38, Map 4 [secondary reference]

• Type: "[Queensland]. Base of Great Dividing Chain, W of Moreton Bay, in 1827, A. Cunningham s.n. (holo: G-DC)."

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