Herbert, W. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Botanical Magazine 66: subt. 3779 [primary reference]

• Type: Alophia drummondiana Herb. nom. illeg. = A. drummondii (Graham) R.Foster

Anderson, R.H. (8 August 1939), The naturalised flora of New South Wales (excluding Gramineae). Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1): 18 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 443 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. (1963), Dictionary of Australian Plant Genera: 12 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Herbertia Sweet legitimate by Burbidge, N.T. (1963), Dictionary of Australian Plant Genera: 12

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