Sweet, R. (1827), Flora Australasica: t. 44 [comb. nov.]

• Type: Sphenotoma gracilis (R.Br.) Sweet

basionym: Dracophyllum sect. Sphenotoma R.Br. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 261 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dracophyllum Labill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 109 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 486 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 242 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 607 [secondary reference]

Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Ericaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 177 [secondary reference]

Orchard, A.E. (8 February 2007), What is the gender of Sphenotoma (Epacridaceae)?. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 21: 87-88 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 813 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dracophyllum sect. Sphenotoma R.Br. legitimate

• APC Comment: The gender of Sphenotoma is here treated as feminine following A.E.Orchard, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 21: 87-88 (2007).
• APC Dist.: WA

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