Hill, K.D. (30 September 1992), A preliminary account of Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Queensland. Telopea 5(1): 200 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland: Burke District: Running Waters, Lawn Hill Creek (18°43'S 138°28'E, Maconochie 1661, 16 Nov 1972 (holo DNA, iso BRI)."

Jones, D.L. (1993), Cycads Of The World: 133 [secondary reference]

Hill, K.D. (14 November 1996), A taxonomic revision of the genus Cycas (Cyadaceae) in Australia. Telopea 7(1): 30 [secondary reference]

Hill, K.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cycadaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 614, Map 548 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Included in the synonymy of C. angulata by de Laubenfels & Adema (1998). Cycas brunnea was recognised as a distinct species in Flora of Australia, but NT occurences are now referred to C. angulata. It is maintained as separate in Qld.
• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Laubenfels, D.J. de & Adema, F. (1998), A taxonomic revision of the genera Cycas and Epicycas gen.nov. (Cycadaceae). Blumea 43(2): 363 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cycas angulata R.Br. legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 388 [secondary reference]

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

pro parte misapplied to: Cycas angulata R.Br. legitimate by Hill, K.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cycadaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 614, Map 548

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