Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791), Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1, 1(1): 132 [tax. nov.]

Vahl, M.(H.) (1805), Enumeratio Plantarum 2: 205 [secondary reference]

Evans, O.D. (1966), Xyridaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 27: 8 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Xyris complanata R.Br. legitimate by Vahl, M.(H.) (1805), Enumeratio Plantarum 2: 205

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