Turczaninow, P.K.N.S. (1847), Decas tertia generum adhuc non descriptorum, adjectis descriptionibus nonnullarum specierum Myrtacearum xerocarpicarum atque Umbelliferarum imperfectarum. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 20(1): 158 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nova Hollandia. Drum. coll. n. 24."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 22-23 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 51 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 132 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 20, 79, 96, Fig. 229 [secondary reference]

common name: Shy Feather Flower [n/a]

George, A.S. (19 June 1991), New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 7(3): 321-322 APC [secondary reference]

• Type: "south-western Western Australia, 184, J. Drummond 3:24 (holo: KW; iso: BM,CGE, K - 3 sheets, MEL,NSW,W)...."

• APC Dist.: WA

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 407 [secondary reference]

common name: Shy Featherflower [n/a]

George, E.A. (2002), Verticordia: the turner of hearts: 210 [secondary reference]

common name: Shy Featherflower [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 721 [secondary reference]

common name: Shy Featherflower [n/a]

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