Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(27): 111 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In tractibus montanis Mount Lofty Range et Barossa Range haud procul a sinu St. Vincent's Gulf, locos rupestres altiores inhabitans. F.M."

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

Bailey, F.M. (1884), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1(3): 149 [secondary reference]

Keys, J. (1885), A contribution to the flora of Mount Perry, Part. II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 2: 51 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1666 [secondary reference]

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

• Vernacular: Tchagun

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

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 111, Fig. 29 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 195, Fig. 273 [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. (1966), Xanthorrhoeaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 34: 9 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea johnsonii A.T.Lee legitimate by Keys, J. (1885), A contribution to the flora of Mount Perry, Part. II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 2: 51

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea johnsonii A.T.Lee legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1666

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Appendix: Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 228 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "[near St Vincent Gulf], S.A., 3 Feb. 1848, F.Mueller; lecto (here chosen): MEL 625754; isolecto: K, MEL 625760."

• APC Dist.: SA

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 160, Map 197 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Xanthorrhoeaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 45 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea johnsonii A.T.Lee legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1666

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

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

• APC Dist.: SA

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