Complex sentence: English botanist Edward Rudge was the first to describe this species as "Styphelia amplexicaulis" in 1807, before being renamed by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown in his 1810 work "Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae".
Split into simpler sentences: English botanist Edward Rudge was the first to describe this species as "Styphelia amplexicaulis" in 1807. It was later renamed by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown in his 1810 work "Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae".