Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 297 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 116 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 196 - [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Calostemma purpureum R.Br.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 267 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 543 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 112 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek kalos, beautiful; stemma, crown: alluding to the inner crown (corona) of the perianth."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 200 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek kalos, beautiful; stemma, crown; alluding to the inner crown (corona) of the perianth"

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 7 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Amaryllidaceae, Hypoxidaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 424 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Calostemma. Flora of Australia 45: 382 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Garland Lily [n/a]

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Amaryllidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 47-48 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Frischknecht, N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Amaryllidaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 107 [secondary reference]

Conran, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Liliaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 679 [secondary reference]

Meerow, A.W. & Snijman, D.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Amaryllidaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 99 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 140 [secondary reference]

Lang, P.J. (29 September 2008), Calostemma abdicatum (Amaryllidaceae), a new species of Garland Lily endemic to the Everard Ranges, and a comparison of the three species within Calostemma R.Br. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 48 [secondary reference]

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