Black, J.M. (1912), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Near Port Lincoln (H.H.D. Griffith)."

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 386 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 575 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 358 [secondary reference]

Toelken, H.R. (24 August 2000), Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 3. H. sericea and associated species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 19: 23 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: South Australia, near Port Lincoln, H.H.D.Griffith s.n., 15.x.1909 (lecto.: AD; iso.: K, MEL 35797, NSW85983).

Toelken, H.R. (24 August 2000), Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 3. H. sericea and associated species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 19: 23 [basionym]

basionym of: Hibbertia platyphylla subsp. major (J.M.Black) Toelken legitimate

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

pro parte misapplied to: Hibbertia villifera Tepper ex Toelken legitimate by Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 575

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Hibbertia villifera Tepper ex Toelken legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 358

[pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Hibbertia villifera Tepper ex Toelken legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hibbertia platyphylla subsp. major (J.M.Black) Toelken legitimate

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

pro parte misapplied to: Hibbertia platyphylla subsp. halmaturina Toelken legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 358

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

pro parte misapplied to: Hibbertia platyphylla Toelken subsp. platyphylla legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 358

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