White, C.T. (1939), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50: 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mount Greville, alt. 2,000 ft., common on rocky cliffs, C.T.White, No. 9947 (type; buds, flowers, and nearly ripe cocci), March, 1934 (slender-stemmed shrub 1 m. high, flowers white)"

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 107-108, Map 31 [secondary reference]

• Type: " "Mount Greville, alt. 2,000 ft., common on rocky cliffs, C.T.White, No. 9947 (type; buds, flowers, and nearly ripe cocci)", Holotypus: BRI 011387."

• Etymology: "gracilis = slender."

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rutaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 464 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 46 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 49 [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 gracile (C.T.White) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leionema gracile (C.T.White) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Leionema. Flora of Australia 26: 438 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leionema gracile (C.T.White) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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