Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): 71 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Gunn, 1249."; "Trap hills on the banks of the Tamar; also abundant on the Asbestos Hills, Gunn.—(Fl. Oct.)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(20): 80 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 427 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 61 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 27 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 113 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Curtis, W.M. (1970), Changes in nomenclature of two endemic Tasmanian plants. The Victorian Naturalist 87(9): 251 [basionym]

basionym of: Spyridium obcordatum (Hook.f.) W.M.Curtis legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 117 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obcordatum (Hook.f.) W.M.Curtis legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obcordatum (Hook.f.) W.M.Curtis legitimate

Kellermann, J. & Clowes, C. (1 December 2023), Nomenclature of Spyridium parvifolium and S. obcordatum (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae) from southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 157: 20 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Asbestos Hills, 26 Oct. 1843, R.C.Gunn 1249 (K 000618721, ex Herb. Hooker). – Isolectotypes: K 000618722, ex Herb. Hooker; NSW 654886, n.v. – Residual syntypes: Asbestos Hills, 11 Jan. 1843, R.C.Gunn 1249 (AD 97729200; BM 000050764; HO 21356; K 000618720, ex Herb. Hooker); West Head, Tamar [River], 21 Oct. 1844, R.C.Gunn 1249 (HO 537265; HO 537266; NSW 515492, n.v.; NSW 607395, n.v.); Tasmania, 21 Oct. 1844, R.C.Gunn 1249 (NSW 515492, n.v.); Tasmania, s.dat., R.C.Gunn 1249 (BM 000050745, left branch, ex Herb. H.F. Hance). – Possible residual syntypes: Tasmania, R.C.Gunn s.n. (E 00768736; L.2327572; M 0211889; NY 00298274; NY 00298275; P 06764821; P 06766710, left specimen; P 06766713; US 17225; US 17226)."

Kellermann, J. & Clowes, C. (1 December 2023), Nomenclature of Spyridium parvifolium and S. obcordatum (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae) from southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 157: 20 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obcordatum (Hook.f.) W.M.Curtis legitimate

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