Also described by Kunth in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 9 (May 1848) 310 and in Enum. Pl. 5 (1850) 49. See comment by Bentham, Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 16 on the inadequacy of the description. Base name for Dianella caerulea var. elegans (Kunth) Schlittler.