Cooke, D.A. (7 August 1987), A new Phebalium (Rutaceae) endemic to Kangaroo Island. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 10(2): 241, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Three Chain Road, Kangaroo Island, 3.x.1986, B.M. Overton 435 (Holotype: AD)."

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 10 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (16 September 1998), New species and nomenclatural changes in Phebalium and related genera (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 12(2): 274 [basionym]

basionym of: Leionema equestre (D.A.Cooke) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Leionema. Flora of Australia 26: 440 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leionema equestre (D.A.Cooke) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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