Xanthorrhoeaceae Dumort.
Xanthorrhoea hastilis R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 288 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(J.) v.v."
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 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 119 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 6 [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]
  • Vernacular: Goonangulla
  • Vernacular: Tchuckah
Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 54, Pl. XII [secondary reference]
common name: Yellow Grass Tree [n/a] common name: Spear Grass Tree [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 449 [secondary reference]
Lee, A.T. (1966), Xanthorrhoeaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 34: 12 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers. subsp. resinosa legitimate
Lee, A.T. (15 September 1966), Notes on Xanthorrhoea in Eastern Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(1): 44 [secondary reference]
  • Neotype: "Holotype lost from BM due to war damage: Port Jackson, R. Brown, Iter Austral. 1802–5; NEOTYPE here designated as for X. resinosa.
Lee, A.T. (15 September 1966), Notes on Xanthorrhoea in Eastern Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(1): 44 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers. subsp. resinosa legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 59 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]
doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers. subsp. resinosa legitimate
Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 156 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers. legitimate
Nelson, E.C. & Bedford, D.J. (June 1993), The names of the Australian grass-tree: Xanthorrhoea Sm. and Acoroides C.Kite. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 112(2): 103 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers. legitimate
Nelson, E.C. & Bedford, D.J. (June 1993), The names of the Australian grass-tree: Xanthorrhoea Sm. and Acoroides C.Kite. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 112(2): 103 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea resinifera E.C.Nelson & D.J.Bedford nom. inval.
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Iridaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 731 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea resinifera E.C.Nelson & D.J.Bedford nom. inval.
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Xanthorrhoeaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 419 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea australis 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: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Xanthorrhoea hastile R.Br. orth. var. orthographic variant: Xanthorrhaea hastilis F.M.Bailey orth. var.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers. legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (4 April 2018), An inconvenient truth? Notes on Australian plants in Persoon’s Synopsis plantarum 1805–1807. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 174: 9, adnot. [secondary reference]
  • Text: " 'Hastile' is a noun in apposition, meaning javelin shaft, and should not be 'corrected' to 'hastilis'."