Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (21 December 1998), New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 23 [comb. nov.]

• Type: Type: Tasmania: In summitate Montis Tabularis [Mt Wellington] prope fl. Derwent, R. Brown (Bennett 5868), Apr. 1804 Male (lecto, here selected, BM). Residual syntypes: inter Storm Bay passage, fl. Derwent, R. Brown, Apr. 1804 Female (BM); Derwent R., R. Brown (E); van D[iemans] Land, R. Brown Male, Female (K).

basionym: Restio australis R.Br. 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: 45, 48, 52 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Restio australis R.Br. legitimate

Meney, K.A. & Pate, J.S. (1 September 1999), Morphological and anatomical descriptions of Restionaceae and allied families and their distribution. Australian Rushes: 190-192 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Restio australis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Baloskion australe (R.Br.) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs manuscript name misapplication: Restio gracilis R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 236

• APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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