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

• Type: (not cited.)

misapplication: Epacris pungens Cav. legitimate by Sims, J. (1805), Epacris pungens. Rigid Epacris. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22: sub t. 844

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1818), The Botanical Cabinet 3: t. 237 [secondary reference]

common name: Rigid Epacris [n/a]

Courtois, R.J. (1833), Magasin d'Horticulture. Liege: 105 [basionym]

basionym of: Lysinema purpurascens (Sims) Courtois legitimate

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Epacridaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 760 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 241 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lysinema ruscifolium Sieber ex Spreng. legitimate misapplication: Epacris pungens Cav. legitimate by Sims, J. (1805), Epacris pungens. Rigid Epacris. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22: sub t. 844

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 108 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 246 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 54, 56, 202 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Epacris pulchella Cav. legitimate by Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Epacridaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 760

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 112 [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 408 [secondary reference]

Thiele, K.R. (17 December 2009), A new circumscription for Lysinema ciliatum (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Epacrideae) and reinstatement of L. pentapetalum. Nuytsia 19(2): 274 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lysinema purpurascens (Sims) Courtois legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Epacris purpurascens R.Br. isonym

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lysinema purpurascens (Sims) Courtois var. purpurascens legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lysinema purpurascens (Sims) Courtois legitimate taxonomic synonym: Epacris purpurascens var. rubra Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. legitimate misapplication: Epacris pungens Cav. legitimate by Sims, J. (1805), Epacris pungens. Rigid Epacris. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 22: sub t. 844

• APC Dist.: NSW

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