Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 446 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll, Fraser, and an unknown collector who gathered it in 1839 and named it in Herb. Hooker A. Mooreana, mihi; Albany F. Mueller."

Geerinck, D.J.L. (1970), Revision du genre Anigozanthos Labill. (Haemodoraceae d'Australie). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 40: 272 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "DARLING DISTRICT: Swan River, 1839, Drummond 746 (holotype ... K!, 1 isotype P!)"

Geerinck, D.J.L. (1970), Revision du genre Anigozanthos Labill. (Haemodoraceae d'Australie). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 40: 272 [basionym]

basionym of: Anigozanthos viridis var. major (Benth.) Geerinck legitimate

Hopper, S.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Anigozanthos. Flora of Australia 45: 122 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Anigozanthos bicolor Endl. subsp. bicolor legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Anigozanthos bicolor Endl. subsp. bicolor legitimate

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