Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Restiaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 66 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Lepidobolus preissianus Nees

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

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 101 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek lepis, lepidos, a scale; bolos, throwing away: the sheathing bracts of the stems are very deciduous."-

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 176 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek lepis, lepidos, a scale; bolos, throwing away; the sheathing bracts of the stems are very deciduous"

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: 913 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 185 [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: 439 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 480 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic

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