Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 554 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v." [Given by L.Watson, Kew Bull. 16 (1962) 104 as "WESTERN AUSTRALIA, King George's Sound, Dec. 1801, Brown 2506 (BM, holotype; K, isotype)."]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(42): 64 [basionym]

basionym of: Sprengelia caerulea (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 255 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sprengelia caerulea (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 108 [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): 485 [secondary reference]

Watson, L. (1962), A taxonomic revision of the genus Andersonia R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Kew Bulletin 16(1): 104-107 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sprengelia brachyanthera F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Andersonia concinna N.E.Br. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 136 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 233 [secondary reference]

common name: Foxtails [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 589 [secondary reference]

common name: Foxtails [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Andersonia coerulea R.Br. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Sprengelia caerulea (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Andersonia squarrosa R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Andersonia lanuginosa A.Cunn. ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Andersonia prostrata Sond. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Andersonia brachyanthera F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sprengelia brachyanthera F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sprengelia coerulea F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Andersonia subulata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Andersonia brachyanthera (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Andersonia depressa var. ciliata Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Andersonia hammersleyana Lemson legitimate by Watson, L. (1962), A taxonomic revision of the genus Andersonia R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Kew Bulletin 16(1): 104-107

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