Rodway, L. (1894), Botanical Notes. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1893: 183 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Near Kingston, on wet heaths."

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 236 [secondary reference]

Johnson, L.A.S. (23 December 1980), Notes on Casuarinaceae. Telopea 2(1): 739 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Kingston, 42°58′S 147°20′E, L. Rodway. Oct. 1894, ♀ (HO 25143). The sheet bears material of both male and female plants; the female is designated as lectotype, the male becoming a lectoparatype."

Johnson, L.A.S. & Briggs, B.G. (24 April 1986), A new species and a new genus of Restionaceae from Tasmania. Telopea 2(6): 738 [basionym]

basionym of: Restio glaber (Rodway) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Restionaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 47 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Restio monocephalus R.Br. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Restio oligocephalus var. glabrum Rodway orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Chordifex monocephalus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs legitimate

---