Levenhookia sect. Coleostylis is a section of four recognized species in the family Stylidiaceae

Stylidiaceae

The family Stylidiaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It consists of five genera with over 240 species, most of which are endemic to Australia and New Zealand. Members of Stylidiaceae are typically grass-like herbs or small shrubs and can be perennials or annuals...

. It was established and described by Johannes Mildbraed

Johannes Mildbraed

Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed was a German botanist that specialized in mosses, ferns, and various spermatophytes. He is well-known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of the family Stylidiaceae in 1908 as part of the unfinished Das Pflanzenreich series. The...

 in 1908 to separate the subgeneric taxonomy in the genus Levenhookia

Levenhookia

Levenhookia, also known as the styleworts, is a genus of ten recognized species in the family Stylidiaceae and is endemic to Australia. The genus is restricted to Western Australia almost exclusively with a few exceptions: L. pusillas range extends into South Australia, L. dubias range extends...

. Mildbraed originally placed L. preissii and L. stipitata

Levenhookia stipitata

Levenhookia stipitata, the common stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia . It is an ephemeral annual that grows about 7 to 10 cm tall with oblanceolate to linear leaves. Flowers are pink and bloom from August to January in its native range. L...

in this section. L. chippendalei

Levenhookia chippendalei

Levenhookia chippendalei is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia . It is named after its discoverer, George Chippendale, founder of the Northern Territory Herbarium. It grows from 8 to 18 cm tall with oblanceolate leaves near the base of the plant. The few leaves this...

was described in 1966 and placed in this section by Rica Erickson

Rica Erickson

Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson AM, née Sandilands, was an Australian naturalist, botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. Without any formal scientific training, she wrote extensively on botany and birds, as well as genealogy and general history...

 and Jim Willis. Section Coleostylis could also contain L. octomaculata

Levenhookia octomaculata

Levenhookia octomaculata, the dotted stylewort or eight-spotted stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Levenhookia . The specific epithet octomaculata refers to the eight red dots this plant produces on each flower. It is an ephemeral annual that grows from 4 to 10 cm...

, which Erickson described in 1956, noting its affinities with L. stipitata but without placing it in a section. Otherwise it would be unplaced as to a section.