Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1847), Botanical Magazine: t. 4291 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in a letter from Mr. J. Drummond, published in the `London Journal of Botany', vol. iii, p. 263. "By a ship now about to sail, I send two fine species of Anigozanthus, collected by my son (since killed by the natives), in the vicinity of the Moore River." [Given by D.Geerinck, Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 40 (1970)275 as "DARLING DISTRICT: Swan River, 1843, Drummond (holotype K!, 1 isotype [reparte sur 2 planches d'herbier] BM!)"].

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 116 [secondary reference]

Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 634 [basionym]

basionym of: Macropidia fuliginosa (Hook.) Druce legitimate

Geerinck, D.J.L. (1970), Revision du genre Anigozanthos Labill. (Haemodoraceae d'Australie). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 40: 275 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Macropidia. Flora of Australia 45: 126 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Macropidia fuliginosa (Hook.) Druce legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Anigozanthus fuliginosa Hook. orth. var. orthographic variant: Agonizanthos fuliginosus F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Macropidia fuliginosa (Hook.) Druce legitimate

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