Hooker, J.D. (28 July 1857), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(4): 262, t. 80, 81 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 245 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 108 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Epacris Cav. nom. cons.

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 451-452 [secondary reference]

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 21 [secondary reference]

Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Ericaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 174-175 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 63 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Tas

Crayn, D.M., Kron, K.A. & Potter, B.C.M. (11 November 2014), Typification of some names in Epacridoideae (Ericaceae). Telopea 17: 319 [secondary reference]

• Type: "(designated here): A. hirtella Hook.f."

Burkhardt, L. (2016), About some eponyms in Taxonomic literature (TL-2). Taxon 65(1): 138 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "William Archer (1820-1874), botanist in Tasmania, sent to Hooker orchids and drawings of orchids which were published in J.D.Hooker's Flora tasmaniae (1857: 262)."

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