Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 546 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 658 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia esquamata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Stschegleew, S.S. (1859), Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 32(1): 20 [basionym]

basionym of: Phanerandra esquamata (R.Br.) Stschegl. legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 213-214 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia esquamata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phanerandra esquamata (R.Br.) Stschegl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon fastigiatus Spreng. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Styphelia fastigiata Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon fastigiatus (Spreng.) G.Don legitimate misapplication: Leucopogon appressus R.Br. legitimate by Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Epacridaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 754

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 244 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 66 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 166 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia esquamata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 340 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 439 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 112 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia esquamata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Powell, J.M. & Robertson, G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae Leucopogon Group 3. Flora of New South Wales 3: 430 [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M., Walsh, N.G., & Brown, E.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Leucopogon. Flora of Victoria 3: 509, Fig. 103y-aa [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Beard-Heath [n/a]

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 22 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Leucopogon squamatus Steud. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia esquamata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phanerandra esquamata (R.Br.) Stschegl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon fastigiatus Spreng. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Styphelia fastigiata Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leucopogon fastigiatus (Spreng.) G.Don legitimate misapplication: Leucopogon appressus R.Br. legitimate by Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Epacridaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 754

• APC Dist.: NSW, 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: 39 [secondary reference]

Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 155 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia esquamata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia esquamata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

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