Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 279 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (J.) v.v.

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2: 87 [basionym]

basionym of: Arthropodium caespitosum (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 19 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 91 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 118 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 217, 218 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stypandra umbellata R.Br. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 271 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 557 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 187, Plate L [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: 437 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 84 [secondary reference]

McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973), Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6): 354 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stypandra juncinella Gand. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 26 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. (29 August 1985), Thelionema, a new genus of the Phormiaceae from Australia. Austrobaileya 2(2): 109 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Port Jackson [Sydney], in 1803, R. Brown [5704] (lectotypus: BM; isolectotypus: E).

Henderson, R.J.F. (29 August 1985), Thelionema, a new genus of the Phormiaceae from Australia. Austrobaileya 2(2): 109 [basionym]

basionym of: Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Thelionema. Flora of Australia 45: 229 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate

Henderson, R. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Liliaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 33 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Phormiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 80 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate

Conran, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Liliaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 652 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Liliaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 379 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 94 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. legitimate

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