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 (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]

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 (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]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 144 [secondary reference]

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

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 219 [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: Bulnan

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 527 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 448 [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. (1966), Xanthorrhoeaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 34: 4-5, 14-15 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Xanthorrhoea bracteata 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): 41, Map 5, 46-47 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Port Jackson, R. Brown, Iter Austral. No. 5773, 1803 (BM); photograph only seen, specimen examined and reported on by Hj. Eichler, Australian Liaison Officer at kew, 1962."

taxonomic synonym: Xanthorrhoea bracteata R.Br. legitimate

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

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Appendix: Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 227 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Port Jackson, N.S.W., 1803, R.Brown Iter Australiense 5773; lecto (here chosen): BM (photo N/740).

• APC Comment: Lee (1966) regarded X arenaria as being a hybrid between X. minor and X. australis. However, X minor is no longer considered to be present in Tas, the plants former identitified as that species now being referred to X. arenaria and X. bracteata.
• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 166, Fig. 37B, D [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea bracteata 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

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea bracteata R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 144

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea bracteata R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 219

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

pro parte misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea bracteata R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 219

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

pro parte misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea arenaria D.J.Bedford legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 219

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Xanthorrhaea minor F.M.Bailey orth. var.

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic

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