Colchicaceae DC.
Wurmbea drummondii Benth. , legitimate, scientific
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 28 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll."
Macfarlane, T.D. (30 December 1980), A revision of Wurmbea (Liliaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 178-179, Fig. 14, Map 2 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 51 [secondary reference]
Macfarlane, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Wurmbea. Flora of Australia 45: 396, Fig. 117, Map 450 [secondary reference]
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 20, 81, Fig. 236 [secondary reference]
common name: York gum Nancy [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Wurmbea drummondi Benth. orth. var.
  • APC Comment: Natural hybrids are known between W. drummondii and W. tenella.
  • APC Dist.: WA