Sonder, O.W. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Stylideae. Plantae Preissianae 1(3): 386 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In solo turfoso ad Princess Royal Harbour, Dec. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 2239 et in depressis uliginosis silvae prope oppidulum Perth, d. 26. Sept. 1839. No. 2248. ex parte."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 24-25 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 86 [basionym]

basionym of: Candollea brachyphylla (Sond.) F.Muell. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 570 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium despectum R.Br. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 836 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium despectum R.Br. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 394, Fig. 78C [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 295 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 205 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 161 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Stylidiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 618 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium inundatum R.Br. legitimate

Stanberg, L.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Stylidiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 444 [secondary reference]

common name: Hundreds and Thousands [n/a]

Raulings, E.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Stylidiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 584 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium inundatum R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium despectum R.Br. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Stylidium beaugleholei J.H.Willis legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 394, Fig. 78C

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium inundatum R.Br. legitimate

Wege, J.A. (21 December 2011), A taxonomic revision of the Stylidium despectum group (Stylidiaceae) from southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24(6): 384 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: In solo turfoso ad Princess Royal Harbour, Dec. 1840, Herb. Preiss No. 2239 et in depressis uliginosis silvae prope oppidulum Perth, d. 26 Sept. 1839. No. 2248 ex parte.’ Type specimens: In solo turfoso ad Princess Royal Harbour, [Albany, Western Australia], L. Preiss 2239, Dec. 1840; lectotype, here designated: MEL 2069492!; isolectotypes: G!, LD!, P!, TCD! [as L. Preiss 453].

Wege, J.A. (21 December 2011), A taxonomic revision of the Stylidium despectum group (Stylidiaceae) from southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24(6): 384 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium despectum R.Br. legitimate

Wege, J.A. (21 December 2011), A taxonomic revision of the Stylidium despectum group (Stylidiaceae) from southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24(6): 381 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Stylidium beaugleholei J.H.Willis legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 394, Fig. 78C

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 521 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium despectum R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium despectum R.Br. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 79 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Stylidium beaugleholei J.H.Willis legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 394, Fig. 78C

Wege, J.A. (8 June 2017), Stylidium miscellany 3: a synopsis of Robert Brown’s Stylidiaceae types and occasional notes on associated names. Nuytsia 28: 236 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stylidium despectum R.Br. legitimate

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