Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1845), Edwards's Botanical Register 31: subt. 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Van Diemen's Land, on the banks of the Mersey river ... 50 miles from Launceston ... Gunn ... number 241."

Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 49 [basionym]

basionym of: Blandfordia grandiflora var. backhousei (Lindl.) Hook.f. legitimate

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Blandfordia. Flora of Australia 45: 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blandfordia punicea (Labill.) Sweet legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Liliaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 374 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blandfordia punicea (Labill.) Sweet legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Blandfordia backhousii Lindl. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Blandfordia punicea (Labill.) Sweet legitimate

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