Herbert, D.A. (1920), Xanthorrhoea reflexa: a new species of blackboy. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 6(1): 33 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Blackboy Hill; Wedin (East of Narrogin); Popanyinningh, Capel. Not very common in the Perth district but common further south."

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 20 [secondary reference]

Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1954), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 1: 70 [secondary reference]

Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1965), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants: 11 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 21 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea preissii Endl. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 49 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 20

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv. legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1965), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants: 11

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 21

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 158, Figs 37P, 39C-D, M, Map 195 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Xanthorrhoea preissii Endl. legitimate

Bedford, D.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Xanthorrhoea. Flora of Australia 46: 158, Figs 35, 37H, 39A-B, Map 196 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv. legitimate by Herbert, D.A. (1920), Xanthorrhoea reflexa: a new species of blackboy. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 6(1): 33

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv. legitimate by Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1954), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 1: 70

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