Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 277 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (J.D.) v.v.

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: 90 [secondary reference]

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

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 270 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 519 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 192 [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: 436 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 82 [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): 333 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caesia dichotomizans Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caesia cygnorum Gand. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 25 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Appendix: Caesia. Flora of Australia 45: 471 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here chosen): BM (sheet bearing label annotated `Caesia parviflora prodr. 277 Port Jackson' by Brown and white tag with hand-written annotation `Anthericum parviflorum Port Jackson').

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Caesia. Flora of Australia 45: 284 [secondary reference]

common name: Pale Grass-lily [n/a]

Macfarlane, T.D. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Anthericaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 763 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 4 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caesia occidentalis R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 4 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caesia micrantha Lindl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49

Henderson, R. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Liliaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 34 [secondary reference]

McCune, S. & Hardin, D.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Anthericaceae - except Dichopogon & Arthropodium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 87-88 [secondary reference]

common name: Pale Grass-lily [n/a]

Conran, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Liliaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 655 [secondary reference]

common name: Pale Grass-lily [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Liliaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 386 [secondary reference]

common name: Grass-lily [n/a]

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

misapplied to: Caesia occidentalis R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49

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

misapplied to: Caesia micrantha Lindl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 212 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caesia micrantha Lindl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49

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