Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 94, Map 26 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Phebalium retusum Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phebalium billardierei var. retusum (Hook.) Hook.f. legitimate

• Etymology: "retusus = blunted notched)."

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 109 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (16 September 1998), New species and nomenclatural changes in Phebalium and related genera (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 12(2): 279 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nematolepis squamea subsp. retusa (Hook.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Nematolepis. Flora of Australia 26: 449 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nematolepis squamea subsp. retusa (Hook.) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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