Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 547 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 225 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Froebelia Regel legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 105 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia Sm. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 542 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia sect. Acrotriche (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

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): 479-480 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 243 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 296 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 68-69 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 449 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek akron, summit, extremity; thrix, trikhos, hair: alluding to the tuft of hairs at the summit of the corolla-lobes."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 672 [secondary reference]

Paterson, B.R. (1960), Revision of the genus Acrotriche R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 85(1): 77 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Acrotriche divaricata R.Br.

taxonomic synonym: Froebelia Regel legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 341 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 440 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 255-256 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 296 [secondary reference]

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

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Epacridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 254 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Epacridaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 173 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 17, 561 [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 420-421 [secondary reference]

Albrecht, D.E. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Epacridaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 485-485 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 588 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 164 [secondary reference]

Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Ericaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 177 [secondary reference]

Quinn, C.J., Brown, E.A., Heslewood, M.M. & Crayn, D.M. (27 October 2005), Generic concepts in Styphelieae (Ericaceae): the Cyathodes group. Australian Systematic Botany 18(5): 452 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 11 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Acrotiche Poir. orth. var. orthographic variant: Acrothrix Clem. ex Airy Shaw orth. var. orthographic variant: Acrotrichne Hopper, S.J.van Leeuwen, A.P.Br. & S.J.Patrick orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Froebelia Regel legitimate taxonomic synonym: Styphelia sect. Acrotriche (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 138 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia Sm. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia Sm. legitimate

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