Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 288 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (D.) v.v. [given by A.T.Lee, Contr. New South Wales Natl Herb. 4 (1966) 51 as "Tasmania: Grass Tree Hill near Risdon Cove, R. Brown, Iter Austral. No. 5775, 2. 1804 (BM)."].

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: 91 [secondary reference]

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

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 220 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 268 [secondary reference]

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

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 52-54, Pl. XI [secondary reference]

common name: Southern Grass Tree [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 195 [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. (1966), Xanthorrhoeaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 34: 3-8, Fig. 6b [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. (15 September 1966), Notes on Xanthorrhoea in Eastern Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(1): 36, Fig. 6b, 40, Map 2, 51-53 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Tasmania: Grass Tree Hill near Risdon Cove, R. Brown, Iter Austral. No. 5775, 2. 1804 (BM)."

Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 361 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 94 [secondary reference]

common name: Grass Tree [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 59 [secondary reference]

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 169, Figs 37R, 38R-S, Map 217 [secondary reference]

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 167, Map 213 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea caespitosa D.J.Bedford legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 361

Bedford, D.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Xanthorrhoeaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 67 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Iridaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 732-733, Fig. 142j-k [secondary reference]

common name: Austral Grass Tree [n/a]

• Vernacular: Bukkup (Koorie name)
• Vernacular: Kawee (Koorie name)

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Xanthorrhoeaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 419-421, Fig. 147 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Xanthorrhoea hastilis R.Br. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 59

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

nomenclatural synonym: Xanthorrhoea australis R.Br. subsp. australis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Xanthorrhoea australis subsp. australis (eastern form) [n/a]

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

pro parte misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. angustifolia D.J.Bedford legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Iridaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 732-733, Fig. 142j-k

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