Linnaeus, C. (1759), Systema Naturae Edn. 10, 2: 986, 1366 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(11): 82, t. 108 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 116 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 5 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 211 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 267 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 543 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 1: 534 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Hypoxis erectum L., nom. illeg.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 224, 236 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 112 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek hypoxys, somewhat acid, but said to have been applied by Linnaeus in the sense of "acute beneath," because of the capsule is contracted to the base."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 199 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 451 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 85 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 108-109 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 20 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Amaryllidaceae, Hypoxidaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 425 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Hypoxis. Flora of Australia 45: 178-179 [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), Hypoxidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 752 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Hypoxidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 50 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 218 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Janthe Salisb. nom. illeg.

Clifford, H.T., Conran, J.G. & Thongpukdee, A. (1992), Australian Lilies: Native and Naturalised species. Australian Plants 16(132): 358 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Hypoxidaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 993 [secondary reference]

Geerinck, D.J.L. (1993), Amaryllidaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 11(2): 370 [secondary reference]

Richards, P.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Hypoxidaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 71 [secondary reference]

Conran, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Liliaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 644-645 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Liliaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 375 [secondary reference]

Nordal, I. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Hypoxidaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 292, Fig. 87F-J [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 317 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Janthe Salisb. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Hypoxis subg. Janthe Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hypoxis sect. Janthe (Salisb.) Benth. & Hook.f. legitimate

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

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 426 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Hypaxis F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Hypoxis subg. Euhypoxis Baker nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Hypoxis sect. Euhypoxis Benth. & Hook.f. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA (presumed extinct), Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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