Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 250 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 124 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 588 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 210 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 227 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 45 [secondary reference]

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Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 182 [secondary reference]

Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (21 December 1998), New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 26 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Type: northern Australia: Iter. Austral., R. Brown (Bennett No. 5874 p.p.), 1802-5 Female (lecto, here selected, BM; iso BRI, K (2 sheets); probable iso MEL 15103 p.p. Residual syntype: Iter. Austral., R. Brown (Bennett No. 5874 p.p.), 1802-5 Male (BM, iso BRI, K; probable iso MEL 15103 p.p.).

Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (21 December 1998), New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 26 [basionym]

basionym of: Dapsilanthus spathaceus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. in Meney, K.A. & Pate, J.S. (1 September 1999), A guide to a new classification of Australian Restionaceae and allied families. Australian Rushes: 50 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dapsilanthus spathaceus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dapsilanthus spathaceus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

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