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- ↑ Plantae Preissianae sive Enumeratio plantarum quas in Australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841. WorldCat. OCLC 595153264.
- 1 2 3 4 William T. Stearn (February 1939). "Lehmann's Plantae preissianae". Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History. Edinburgh University Press. 1 (7): 203–205. doi: 10.3366/jsbnh.1939.1.7.203 .
- ↑ "History and literature of the botanical investigation of extra-tropical Western Australia" (PDF). Department of Parks and Wildlife . Retrieved 19 April 2019.