Sonder, O.W. (1856), Plantae Muellerianae - Desvauxieae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 28(2): 226 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Inter montem Gambir et sinum Rivolibay; in collibus arenosis virgultis Brighton versus, Octob. (Dr. F. Müller)."

Hieronymus, G.H.E.W. (1873), Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 12: 207 [basionym]

basionym of: Brizula pumilio (F.Muell. ex Sond.) Hieron. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 92 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 123 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 231 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 177, Fig. 244 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 191, Fig. 41a-c [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Brizula pumilio (F.Muell. ex Sond.) Hieron. legitimate common name: Dwarf Aphelia [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Centrolepidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 49-50 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Brizula pumilio (F.Muell. ex Sond.) Hieron. legitimate

Cooke, D.A. (8 May 1995), A taxonomic revision of Aphelia (Centrolepidaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 16: 104-105, Figs 1F, K, 2F, Map 4 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Inter montem Gambir et sinum Rivolibay [between Mount Gambier and Rivoli Bay, S.A.], F.Mueller (Lecto. here chosen because it is the most typical and best preserved specimen: MEL 558048! pro parte, ex herb. Sonder); versus Rivoli Bay [S.A.], x.1848, F.Mueller (Syn.: MEL 558048 pro parte); In collibus arenosis virgultis Brighton versus [S.A.], x.1852, F.Mueller (syn.: MEL 1501518!).

nomenclatural synonym: Brizula pumilio (F.Muell. ex Sond.) Hieron. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Brizula pumilio (F.Muell. ex Sond.) Hieron. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aphelia pumilio F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Aphelia pumilio F.Muell. ex Hook.f. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

• APC Dist.: SA, Vic, Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 82 [secondary reference]

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