Lemprière's Bibliotheca Classica | Johann Pfeffinger from the ''Bibliotheca chalcographica, hoc est Virtute et eruditione clarorum Virorum Imagines'' of Jean-Jacques Boissard | Botánica | Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica | Bibliotheca Palatina | Bibliotheca Herpetologica | Bibliotheca |
The species was first formally described by Czech botanist Karel Domin in 1930 in Bibliotheca Botanica, from plant material collected by Emile Clement between the Ashburton and Yule Rivers.
The taxon was first formally described by Czech botanist Karel Domin in 1930 in Bibliotheca Botanica, based on a collection by Emile Clement between the Ashburton and De Grey Rivers.