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

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 815).

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

taxonomic synonym of: Calorophus Labill. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 588 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 100 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek hypo, below; laina, a cloak: alluding to the bracteoles and empty glumes at the base of the spikelets."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 175 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek hypo, below; laina, a cloak; alluding to the bracteoles and empty glumes at the base of the spikelets"

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 486 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 78 [secondary reference]

Johnson, L.A.S. & Evans, O.D. (1966), Restionaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 25: 25-26 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 57 [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), Restionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 912 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 170 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Hypolaena fastigiata R.Br. (typ. cons.)

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Restionaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 89 [secondary reference]

Quirico, A.L. & Briggs, B.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Restionaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 406 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 189 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Restionaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 39 [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 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 450 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 425 [secondary reference]

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

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

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