Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 628 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pleurandra ovata Labill. legitimate

• Comment: nom illeg., non Steud. (1845).

Hoogland, R.D. (1974), New combinations in Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae). Kew Bulletin 29(1): 155 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hibbertia empetrifolia (DC.) Hoogland legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 110 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hibbertia empetrifolia (DC.) Hoogland legitimate

Toelken, H.R. (20 November 1998), Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 2. The H. aspera - empetrifolia complex. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 18(2): 121 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hibbertia appressa Toelken nom. inval.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Hibbertia appressa Toelken legitimate

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