Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Restiaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 62 [tax. nov.]

• Type: " In solo turfoso inter frutices planitiei prope urbeculam Albany, Plantagenet, m. Oct. a. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1815. ♂ In solo arenoso inter frutices densos ad Stirling's-terrace, Plantagenet, m. Sept. a. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1816."

doubtful taxonomic synonym: Anarthria pauciflora R.Br. legitimate

Domin, K. (18 December 1912), Additions to the Flora of Western and North-Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 41: 268 [basionym]

basionym of: Anarthria gracilis var. ischaemoides (Nees) Domin legitimate

Fomichev, C.I., Macfarlane, T.D., Valiejo-Roman, C.M., Samigullin, T.H., Degtjareva, G.V., Briggs, B.G. & Sokoloff, D.D. (8 March 2021), Two centuries from species discovery to diagnostic characters: molecular and morphological evidence for narrower species limits in the widespread SW Australian Anarthria gracilis complex (Restionaceae s.l./Anarthriaceae, Poales). PeerJ - Life and Environment 9:e10935: 20 [online only] [secondary reference]

• Type: "Original material: in solo turfoso inter frutices planitiei prope urbeculam “Albany” (Plantagenet), 5 Oct. [18]40, Preiss 1815, LD 1746884!, MEL 14541, P 00748637!, LE 01076946!, LE 01076945 (two plants in the bottom right part of the sheet)!; ad Stirling’s terrace, Plantagenet, W.A., 23 Sept. 1840, Preiss 1816, LD 1312106!, LE 01076947!"
• Lectotype: "(designated here): LD 1746884."

Fomichev, C.I., Macfarlane, T.D., Valiejo-Roman, C.M., Samigullin, T.H., Degtjareva, G.V., Briggs, B.G. & Sokoloff, D.D. (8 March 2021), Two centuries from species discovery to diagnostic characters: molecular and morphological evidence for narrower species limits in the widespread SW Australian Anarthria gracilis complex (Restionaceae s.l./Anarthriaceae, Poales). PeerJ - Life and Environment 9:e10935: 20 [online only] [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Anarthria gracilis R.Br. legitimate

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