Baker, J.G. (1879), A Synopsis of Colchicaceae and the Aberrant Tribes of Colchicaceae. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 17: 419 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia occidentalis, Drummond!"

Domin, K. (18 December 1912), Additions to the Flora of Western and North-Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 41: 266 [basionym]

basionym of: Johnsonia pubescens var. drummondii (Baker) Domin legitimate

Keighery, G.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Johnsonia. Flora of Australia 45: 244 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Johnsonia acaulis Endl. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Johnsonia acaulis Endl. legitimate

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