Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 61 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad amnem Herbert's Creek; E. Bowman."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 122 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Commelinaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2007: 50 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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