Planchon, J.E. (1848), Sur la famille des Droséracées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, 9: 305 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novae-Hollandiae ora boreali occidentali. Bynoe in herb. Hook."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 470 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Byblis liniflora Salisb. legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 703 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Byblis liniflora Salisb. legitimate

Lowrie, A. & Conran, J.G. (17 February 1998), A taxonomic revision of the genus Byblis (Byblidaceae) in northern Australia. Nuytsia 12(1): 64, Figs 1B (map), 3 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "North-west coast of New Holland [Australia], no date, Bynoe s.n. in Herb. Hook. (lecto: here designated: K); single specimen on shared sheet, labelled 'B. filifolia N.W. Coast, Australia, no date, Bynoe s.n." in Herb. Hook. (isolecto: K)."

taxonomic synonym: Byblis liniflora subsp. occidentalis Conran & Lowrie legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

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