Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 26 [autonym]

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

Toelken, H.R. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Dilleniaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 311, Fig. 61j-k APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: The circumscription of Hibbertia sericea var. sericea in Tas includes H. cinerea.
• APC Dist.: Vic, Tas

Toelken, H.R. (24 August 2000), Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 3. H. sericea and associated species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 19: 9 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Hibbertia crinita Toelken legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 110

Toelken, H.R. (24 August 2000), Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 3. H. sericea and associated species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 19: 30 [pro parte nomenclatural synonym]

pro parte nomenclatural synonym of: Hibbertia sericea (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 35 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hibbertia densiflora (Hook.) F.Muell. nom. illeg.

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