Gardner, C.A. (1943), Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XI. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 180 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in distr. Eyre, ad montem Ragged prope Israelite Bay, in lapidosis fruticetis, flor. m. Oct. Gardner 2864."

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 98 [secondary reference]

• Type: " "Hab. in distr. Eyre, ad montem Ragged prope Israelite Bay, in lapidosis fruticetis, flor., m. Oct. Gardner 2864." Holotypus: PERTH."

• Etymology: "linearis = linear."

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 98 [basionym]

basionym of: Phebalium rude subsp. lineare (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. (16 September 1998), New species and nomenclatural changes in Phebalium and related genera (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 12(2): 287 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhadinothamnus rudis subsp. linearis (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Rhadinothamnus. Flora of Australia 26: 456 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhadinothamnus rudis subsp. linearis (C.A.Gardner) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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