Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 251 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Chaetanthus leptocarpoides R.Br.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 124 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prionosepalum Steud. legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Restionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 911 [secondary reference]

Linder, H.P., Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Restionaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 442-443 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 444 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 172 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Chaelanthus Poir. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Prionosepalum Steud. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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