Tieghem, P.E.L. van (1894), Trithecanthera, Lysiana et Alepis: trois genres nouveaux pour la famille des Loranthacées. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41: 599 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Lysiana casuarinae (Miq.) Tiegh.

Engler, H.G.A. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (August 1897), Loranthaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Nachtrage zum II bis IV Teil Nachtr. 1: 126 [basionym]

basionym of: Elytranthe sect. Lysiana (Tiegh.) Engl. legitimate

Blakely, W.F. (1 July 1925), The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part vi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50(2): 1, 2 [basionym]

basionym of: Loranthus sect. Lysiana (Tiegh.) Blakely legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1963), Studies in Australian Loranthaceae, III: A revision of the genus Lysiana Tiegh. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 88(2): 138 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 100 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. (1966), A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 440-447 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Elytranthe sect. Lysiana (Tiegh.) Engl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus sect. Lysiana (Tiegh.) Blakely legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1971), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 58: 4-8 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Loranthaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 26 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 690 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 142 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 80-86 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Elytranthe sect. Lysiana (Tiegh.) Engl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus sect. Lysiana (Tiegh.) Blakely legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 79, 82 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Loranthaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 440 [secondary reference]

Quirico, A.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 47 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 579 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Loranthaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 39 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 274 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 508 [secondary reference]

Nickrent, D.L., Malecot, V., Vidal-Russell, R., Der, J.P. (2010), A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 546 [secondary reference]

Start, A.N. & Thiele, K.R. (2023), Mistletoes of Western Australia: 116 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the Greek for 'set free', in reference to the separation of this genus from Loranthus L."

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