Gardner, C.A. (1948), Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XII. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 32: 77, t. II. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Wilson, Paul G. (27 June 1975), A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 2(1): 9 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Roycea pycnophylloides C.Gardner

Scott, A.J. (9 June 1978), A revision of the Camphorosmioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 89(2-3): 116 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 216 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Kuhn, U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Chenopodiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 270 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Flora of Victoria 3: 216 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 750 [secondary reference]

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