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

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

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

Bailey, F.M. (September 1897), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 1(3): 231 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 566, Fig. 550 [secondary reference]

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 161, Map 200 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Xanthorrhaea pumilio F.M.Bailey orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Xanthorrhoea humilis R.Br. ex Steud. nom. inval., pro syn.

• APC Dist.: Qld

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