Asparagaceae Juss.
Chamaescilla F.Muell. ex Benth. , legitimate, scientific
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 48 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 118 [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Caesia R.Br. legitimate
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 181 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 109 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Greek khamai, dwarf; skilla, the squill or sea onion, a lilaceous plant of the Mediterranean region."
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 192 [secondary reference]
Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Appendix: Chamaescilla. Flora of Australia 45: 472-473 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Chamaescilla corymbosa (R.Br.) Benth.
Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Chamaescilla. Flora of Australia 45: 288 [secondary reference]
Macfarlane, T.D. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Anthericaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 764 [secondary reference]
Conran, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Liliaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 664 [secondary reference]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Liliaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 387 [secondary reference]
Conran, J.G. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Lomandraceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 363 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 242 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic, Tas
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 174 [secondary reference]
Chase, M.W., Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 135 [secondary reference]
McLay, T.G.B. & Bayly, M.J. (2016), A new family placement for Australian blue squill, Chamaescilla: Xanthorrhoeaceae (Hemerocallidoideae), not Asparagaceae. Phytotaxa 275(2): 107 [secondary reference]