Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 264 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Brown, R. in Flinders, M. (1814), General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis. A Voyage to Terra Australis 2, Appendix III: 609 [secondary reference]

• Type: "On barren hills, near the shores of King George's Sound; flowering in December."

Hooker, W.J. (1 November 1840), Calectasia cyanea. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 67: t. 3834 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Huttia elegans Hook. nom. inval., pro syn.

Drummond, J. (3 August 1842), On the botany of Western Australia: Letter V. The Inquirer Newspaper 105: 4 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Huttia elegans J.Drumm. nom. inval., pro syn.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 119 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 172 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 111 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Tinsel Lily [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 196, Fig. 275 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Tinsel Lily [n/a]

Anway, J.C. (1969), The evolution and taxonomy of Calectasia cyanea R. Br. (Xanthorrhoeaceae) in terms of its present-day variation and cytogenetics. Australian Journal of Botany 17(1): 157 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Princess Royal Harbour, King George's Sound, W.A., 1801, Robert Brown, Bennetts No. 5778 (BM)."

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 292 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 48 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Calectasia (Xanthorrhoeaceae). Flora of Australia 46: 170-171, Fig. 41, Map 219 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Tinsel 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), Dasypogonaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 739, Fig. 268 [secondary reference]

common name: Star of Bethlehem [n/a] common name: Blue Tinsel Lily [n/a]

Barrett, R.L. & Dixon, K.W. (8 January 2001), A revision of the genus Calectasia (Calectasiaceae) with eight new species described from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 13(3): 422, Figs. 3A, 5 [secondary reference]

Barrett, R.L. & Dixon, K.W. (8 January 2001), A revision of the genus Calectasia (Calectasiaceae) with eight new species described from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 13(3): 424 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Calectasia narragara R.L.Barrett & K.W.Dixon legitimate by George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Calectasia (Xanthorrhoeaceae). Flora of Australia 46: 170-171, Fig. 41, Map 219

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 299 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Tinsel Lily [n/a]

CHAH (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Calectasia cyaneae J.Drumm. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Calectasia cyanea R.Br. var. cyanea legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

CHAH (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Calectasia intermedia Sond. nom. cons. by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 196, Fig. 275

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Calectasia intermedia Sond. nom. cons. by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 292

CHAH (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Calectasia intermedia Sond. nom. cons. by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 172

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Calectasia intermedia Sond. nom. cons. by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 111

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Calectasia intermedia Sond. nom. cons. by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 196, Fig. 275

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Calectasia intermedia Sond. nom. cons. by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 292

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: 202 [secondary reference]

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