 The species was first formally described in 1849 by Nikolai Turczaninow who gave it the name "Genetyllis macrostegia" and published the description in "Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou".In 1865, George Bentham changed the name to "Darwinia macrostegia".The Mondurup bell occurs in the Stirling Range National Park in five separate populations.