Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (1847), Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 268 [primary reference]

• Type: Pernettya tasmanica J.D.Hook.

Sleumer, H.O. (1985), Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 105: 452 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pernettya Gaudich. sect. Pernettya legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gaultheria Kalm ex L. legitimate

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