Brittan, N.H. (23 February 1972), Murchisonia, a new monotypic genus of Liliaceae from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54(4): 95, 98, Figs 1, 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "near 390 mile peg. North-West Coastal Highway, in gravelly sand, Brittan 70/11, 25.viii, 1970 (UWA)."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49 [secondary reference]

Brittan, N.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Murchisonia. Flora of Australia 45: 340, Map 388 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Sirisena, U.M., Conran, J.G. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1 July 2016), Formal transfer of Murchisonia to Thysanotus (Asparagaceae). Nuytsia 27: 121 [secondary reference]

• Type: "390 mile peg, North West Coastal Highway, c. 50 miles [80 km] north of Northampton, Western Australia, N.H. Brittan 70/11, 25 August 1970 (holo: PERTH 01087487)."

Sirisena, U.M., Conran, J.G. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1 July 2016), Formal transfer of Murchisonia to Thysanotus (Asparagaceae). Nuytsia 27: 122 [basionym]

basionym of: Thysanotus fragrans (Brittan) Sirisena, Conran & T.D.Macfarl. legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 128 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thysanotus fragrans (Brittan) Sirisena, Conran & T.D.Macfarl. legitimate

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