Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1804), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(1): 7, t. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Centrolepis fascicularis Labill.

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 252 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Devauxia R.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Hieronymus, G.H.E.W. (1873), Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 12: 209 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 123 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Devauxia R.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Alepyrum R.Br. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 584 [secondary reference]

common name: Bristlewort [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 101 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek kentron, a spur; lepis, a scale: the 2 floral bracts have long points."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 177 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek kentron, a spur; lepis, a scale; the 2 floral bracts have long points"

Ding Hou (December 1957), Centrolepidaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(4): 422-423, fig. 1-5 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Devauxia R.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Alepyrum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alepyrum Hieron. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Pseudalepyrum Dandy legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 483 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 92 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1125 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 9 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Commelinceae,Eriocaulaceae, Centrolepidaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 428 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Centrolepidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 925 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Centrolepidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 90 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 24, 352 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Alepyrum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pseudalepyrum Dandy legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Centrolepidaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1108 [secondary reference]

Cooke, D.A. (11 June 1992), A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis (Centrolepidaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 5-6 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Centrosepis R.Hedw. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Devauxia R.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Alepyrum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alepyrum Hieron. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Pseudalepyrum Dandy legitimate

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Centrolepidaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 408 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 192-193 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Centrolepidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 50-51 [secondary reference]

Cooke, D.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Centrolepidaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 108, Figs. 30, 31 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 255 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 166 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Centrosepis R.Hedw. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Devauxia R.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Desvauxia Spreng. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Alepyrum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alepyrum Hieron. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Pseudalepyrum Dandy legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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