Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: xliv. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 116 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 52 [secondary reference]

Macfarlane, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Tribonanthes. Flora of Australia 45: 132, Fig. 52, Map 141 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tribonanthes odora Endl. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

• APC Comment: Hybrids are known between T. brachypetala and T. australis.
• APC Dist.: WA

Macfarlane, T.D. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Haemodoraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 859 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 312-313 [secondary reference]

Hickman, E.J. & Hopper, S.D. (16 April 2019), A revision of the tiurndins (Tribonanthes, Haemodoraceae). Nuytsia 30: 140-144, Figs 26, 27 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Swan River, Western Australia, 1839, J. Drummond s.n. (holo: CGE 06823!; iso: K 000846203 image!, K 000846202 image!)."

taxonomic synonym: Tribonanthes odora Endl. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. common name: Nodding Tiurndin [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Greek brachys (short) and petalon (leaf, but in modern botany referring to petals)."

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