Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Restiaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 67 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In arenosis colliculosis umbrosis sylvae haud longe ab ore maris (Perth) m. Septembri a. 1839 et in glareosis sylvae inter praedia rustica v. cll. Barker et Lennard m. Aprili a. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1716 et 1694. ♂."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 45 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Restionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 919 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Loxocarya sp. B [n/a]

Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (21 December 1998), New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 26 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Type: Western Australia: Preiss 1716 p.p. Male (lecto, here selected, excluding material of Hypolaena pubescens under this number, LD; iso MEL 14861 p.p., MO, P). Residual syntype Preiss 1694 Male (LD, MEL 14861 p.p., BM, K, MO).

Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (21 December 1998), New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 26 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmocladus asper (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmocladus asper (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate

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