Macfarlane, T.D. (30 December 1980), A revision of Wurmbea (Liliaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 188, Fig. 19, Map 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: W. McKay (NT 1288), Mount Olga (Central Australia). Flower pinkish; 19 July 1955 (holo CANB 37525, iso AD, BRI, MEL, NT, PERTH, NSW).

Macfarlane, T.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Wurmbea. Flora of Central Australia: 422 [secondary reference]

Macfarlane, T.D. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1772 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 44 [secondary reference]

Macfarlane, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Wurmbea. Flora of Australia 45: 398, Fig. 118, Map 455 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 5 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 7: 8 [secondary reference]

Bates, R.J. (8 May 1995), The species of Wurmbea (Liliaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 16: 37 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Wurmbea decumbens R.J.Bates legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Wurmbea biglandulosa subsp. flindersica R.J.Bates legitimate by Macfarlane, T.D. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1772

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Wurmbea centralis T.D.Macfarl. subsp. centralis legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Wurmbea calcicola T.D.Macfarl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 7: 8

Bates, R.J. (8 February 2007), A review of South Australian Wurmbea (Colchicaceae- Liliaceae): keys, new taxa and combinations, and notes. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 21: 80 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Wurmbea australis (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates legitimate by Macfarlane, T.D. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1772

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Wurmbea calcicola T.D.Macfarl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 7: 8

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