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

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 229 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 105 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia Sm. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 542 [basionym]

basionym of: Styphelia sect. Monotoca (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 480 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 241, 296 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 296 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 64-65, 196 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 447 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek monos, one; tokos, a birth: the ovary has only one ovule."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 668 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 339 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 441 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 292 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 113 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Epacridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 262 [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 419 [secondary reference]

Albrecht, D.E. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Epacridaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 489-490 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 606 [secondary reference]

Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Ericaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 179 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 556 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oligarrhena R.Br. legitimate

Albrecht, D.E., Owens, C.T., Weiller, C.M. & Quinn, C.J. (3 November 2010), Generic concepts in Ericaceae: Styphelioideae - the Monotoca group. Australian Systematic Botany 23(5): 328-329 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Lectotype species (here designated): Monotoca scoparia (Sm.) R.Br.

nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia sect. Monotoca (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Monotaca Macarthur & C.Moore orth. var. orthographic variant: Montoca Albr. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia sect. Monotoca (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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