Bergius, P.J. (1767), Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei: 5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

taxonomic synonym: Ixia polystachya L. legitimate

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 193 [secondary reference]

Cooke, D.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Iridaceae. Flora of Australia 46: 66 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Probably cultivated material."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Included by A.J.Ewart, Vict. Nat. 24(12): 193 (1908) in a list of "exotics not yet sufficiently established to be considered naturalized". Not known to occur in Australia.

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