Cavanilles, A.J. (1797), Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 4(1): 26, t. 346 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novae Hollandia prope oppidum Jackson"

Sims, J. (1805), Epacris pungens. Rigid Epacris. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22: sub t. 844 [secondary reference]

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): 512 [secondary reference]

Sims, J. (1809), Curtis's Botanical Magazine 30: subt. 1199 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Epacris purpurascens Banks ex Sims legitimate by Sims, J. (1805), Epacris pungens. Rigid Epacris. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22: sub t. 844

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 552 [basionym]

basionym of: Lysinema pungens (Cav.) R.Br. legitimate

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 550 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Epacris purpurascens R.Br. isonym by Sims, J. (1805), Epacris pungens. Rigid Epacris. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22: sub t. 844

Link, J.H.F. (1821), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Regii Berolinensis Altera 1: 211 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Lysinema attenuatum Link nom. illeg.

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 243 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lysinema pungens (Cav.) R.Br. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 242 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Epacris purpurascens Banks ex Sims legitimate by Sims, J. (1805), Epacris pungens. Rigid Epacris. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22: sub t. 844

Mueller, F.J.H. von (May 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(74): 48 [basionym]

basionym of: Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell. legitimate

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1054 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lysinema pungens (Cav.) R.Br. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Epacridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 265 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Epacris purpurascens Banks ex Sims legitimate by Sims, J. (1805), Epacris pungens. Rigid Epacris. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22: sub t. 844

Turner, I.M. (2016), Rather for the nomenclaturist than for the scientific botanist: The Botanical Cabinet of Conrad Loddiges & Sons. Taxon 65(5): 1120 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell. legitimate

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