Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 537 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) D. Paterson. v.s."

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Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 666-667, Fig. 921 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 423, Fig. 95 [secondary reference]

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Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 414 [secondary reference]

Albrecht, D.E. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Epacridaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 480-481, Fig. 98m-o [secondary reference]

common name: Golden Heath [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Styphelia adscendeus Ross orth. var. orthographic variant: Styphelia ascendens Hook.f. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: SA (native and naturalised), NSW, Vic, Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 41 [secondary reference]

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