Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 252 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Centrolepis Labill. legitimate

• Etymology: "Dixi in honorem D. DESVAUX auctoris dissertationum de Juncearum familiâ (in Journal de Botanique)."
• Text: "Nomen Cel. Labillardiere l. c. structuram a suprà datâ valdè diversam indicans, mutare necessarium fuit."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 16 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 123 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis Labill. legitimate

Ding Hou (December 1957), Centrolepidaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(4): 422-423, fig. 1-5 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis Labill. legitimate

Cooke, D.A. (11 June 1992), A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis (Centrolepidaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 6 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: D. billardieri R.Br. (Lecto. chosen here being a synonym of the type species of Centrolepis, for which Devauxia was an avowed substitute, see Brown [(1810)] p. 252).

Cooke, D.A. (11 June 1992), A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis (Centrolepidaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis Labill. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Desvauxia Spreng. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis Labill. legitimate

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