Black, J.M. (22 December 1923), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 21. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 367 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Specimens of this plant in fruit only were collected by Professor Osborn in the Casuarina forest on North Pearson Island in January, 1923. He was afterwards successful in growing it from seed at the Adelaide University ..."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 179, Fig. 248 [secondary reference]

Cooke, D.A. (26 May 1980), Studies in Australian Centrolepidaceae I: the scapeless species of Centrolepis Labill. Muelleria 4(3): 269 [secondary reference]

• Type: North Pearson Island, South Australia, i.1923, T.G. Osborn. (Holo: AD 96012011 !; Iso: AD 97918146 !).

Cooke, D.A. (26 May 1980), Studies in Australian Centrolepidaceae I: the scapeless species of Centrolepis Labill. Muelleria 4(3): 269 [basionym]

basionym of: Centrolepis cephaloformis subsp. murrayi (J.M.Black) D.A.Cooke legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 46 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centrolepis cephaloformis Reader legitimate

Cooke, D.A. (11 June 1992), A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis (Centrolepidaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 57 [secondary reference]

• Type: Hill 781, North Pearson Island, South Australia, i.1923, T.G. Osborn s.n. (Holo: AD 96012011 !; Iso: AD 97918146 !).

Cooke, D.A. (11 June 1992), A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis (Centrolepidaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 57 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis cephaloformis subsp. murrayi (J.M.Black) D.A.Cooke legitimate

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