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): 74 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pomaderris obovata Hook. legitimate

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Sieber ex DC. (1825).

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 429 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

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

Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 97 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 368 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spyridium thymifolium Reissek legitimate

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 549 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Spyridium thymifolium Reissek legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 97

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 114 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 218 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Spyridium thymifolium Reissek legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 97

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 118 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Spyridium thymifolium Reissek legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 97

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Kellermann, J. & Barker, W.R. (16 March 2012), Revision of the Spyridium bifidum - S. halmaturinum complex (Rhamaceae: Pomaderreae) from South Australia and Victoria. Muelleria 30(1): 56 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Spyridium thymifolium Reissek legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 97

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 69 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spyridium obovatum (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Kellermann, J. (7 April 2021), The importance of the ‘h’ – Parahomonymy in Trymalium (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae). Swainsona 35: 27 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Spyridium daphnoides (Reissek) Kellermann legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 97

Kellermann, J., Clowes, C. & Barker, W.R. (20 May 2022), Spyridium bracteatum, a new species from Kangaroo Island allied to S. thymifolium (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae). Swainsona 36: 92 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Spyridium thymifolium Reissek legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 97

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