Harvey, W.H. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1855), Characters of some new genera of plants recently discovered by Mr. James Drummond in Western Australia. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7: 57 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Macropidia fumosa Harvey

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 116 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Anigozanthos Labill. legitimate

Geerinck, D.J.L. (1969), Genera des Haemodoraceae et des Hypoxidaceae. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 39: 63 [basionym]

basionym of: Anigozanthos sect. Macropidia (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) Geerinck legitimate

Hopper, S.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Macropidia. Flora of Australia 45: 126-128 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Anigozanthos sect. Macropidia (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) Geerinck legitimate

Macfarlane, T.D. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Haemodoraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 856-857 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Macropodia Benth. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Anigozanthos sect. Macropidia (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) Geerinck legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 511 [secondary reference]

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