Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(9): 215 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In locis arenosis prope ostium fluvii Murchison. Aug. Oldfield."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 50 [basionym]

basionym of: Corynotheca dichotoma (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Liliaceae (most genera). Flora of Central Australia: 422 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caesia lateriflora R.Br. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 43 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Corynotheca. Flora of Australia 45: 302 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "near mouth of Murchison R., W.A., A.Oldfield s.n.; holo: MEL."

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Corynotheca. Flora of Australia 45: 302 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Corynotheca micrantha (Lindl.) Druce var. micrantha legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Corynotheca micrantha (Lindl.) Druce var. micrantha legitimate

Barrett, R.L., Macfarlane, T.D. & Keighery, G.J. (23 March 2021), Taxonomic revision of Corynotheca (Hemerocallidaceae / Asphodelaceae). Telopea 24: 26 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mouth of the Murchison R., Western Australia, n.d., A.F. Oldfield s.n. (lecto: MEL 107033), designated by R.J.F.Henderson, Fl. Austral. 45: 301 [sic, 302] (1987), (as ‘holo’); N. [presumably Mouth] of the Murchison R., W.A., A.F. Oldfield s.n. (presumed isolecto: MEL 107035)."

Barrett, R.L., Macfarlane, T.D. & Keighery, G.J. (23 March 2021), Taxonomic revision of Corynotheca (Hemerocallidaceae / Asphodelaceae). Telopea 24: 26 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corynotheca dichotoma (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate

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