Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Restiaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 57 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In solo turfoso planitiei prope oppidulum Albany, Plantagenat, Oct. 1840. ♂ Herb. Preiss. No. 1713."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 90 [basionym]

basionym of: Leptocarpus tenellus (Nees) F.Muell. 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): 24 [basionym]

basionym of: Chaetanthus tenellus (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Chaetanthus tenellus (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

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