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

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

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

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 566 [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. (1966), Xanthorrhoeaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 34: 15 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea minor R.Br. legitimate

Lee, A.T. (15 September 1966), Notes on Xanthorrhoea in Eastern Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(1): 46 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Port Jackson, R. Brown, Iter Austral. No. 5772, 1803 (BM); photograph of specimen and enlargement of bracts seen, the specimen examined and reported on as for X. minor."

Lee, A.T. (15 September 1966), Notes on Xanthorrhoea in Eastern Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(1): 46 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea minor R.Br. legitimate

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 167, Fig. 38H-K, Map 212 [secondary reference]

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

misapplication: Xanthorrhoea minor 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 misapplication: Xanthorrhoea minor R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 144 misapplication: Xanthorrhoea minor R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 219

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 27 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Xanthorrhaea bracteata F.M.Bailey orth. var. pro parte misapplication: Xanthorrhoea minor R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 219

• APC Dist.: Tas

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