Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 247 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Restiaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 68 [basionym]

basionym of: Calorophus flexuosus (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

Masters, M.T. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (1878), Restiaceae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 1: 365 [basionym]

basionym of: Hypolaena flexuosa (R.Br.) Mast. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 243 [basionym]

basionym of: Loxocarya flexuosa (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (21 December 1998), New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 26 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Type: Western Australia: King George Sound, R. Brown 1802-5 (Bennett No. 5849 p.p.) Male (lecto, here selected, BM, the lectotype consists of the fertile male specimens on the sheet, excluding the vegetative piece on the right of the sheet which may be an allied species of Desmocladus, and also the central specimen in the lower half of the sheet which is Empodisma gracillimum (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler.; isolecto BM).

Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (21 December 1998), New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 26 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmocladus flexuosus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmocladus flexuosus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

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