Blakely, W.F. (3 March 1941), Additions to the Australian Flora. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(3): 124 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N.S.W. ... 10 miles north of Grenfell, R.H. Cambage, 1.5.1900, the type"

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 40 [secondary reference]

• Type: " "Shrub 2-3 feet high and about the same across", "N.S.W. ... 10 miles north of Grenfell, R.H. Cambage, 1.5.1900," Holotypus: NSW 68728."

• Etymology: "acutus = acute, referring to the leaf shape"

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 40 [basionym]

basionym of: Eriostemon myoporoides subsp. acutus (Blakely) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 193 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eriostemon myoporoides subsp. acutus (Blakely) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Bayly, M.J. (1998), Notes on the Eriostemon myoporoides (Rutaceae) species complex, including new names and a new generic placement in Philotheca. Muelleria 11: 120 [basionym]

basionym of: Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta (Blakely) Bayly legitimate

CHAH (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta (Blakely) Bayly legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Philotheca. Flora of Australia 26: 392 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta (Blakely) Bayly legitimate

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