Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 346 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Virginia unde 1614, nunc vulgaris Europae. ♂"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 302 [secondary reference]

Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1881), Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 52 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names. Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1: 533 [secondary reference]

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 234 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 764 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 128 [secondary reference]

common name: Evening Primrose [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 215 [secondary reference]

common name: Evening Primrose [n/a]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 427 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 876 [secondary reference]

common name: Evening-primrose [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 638 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 18: 225 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Recorded for Australia by G.Bentham, Fl. Austral. 3: 302 (1867) but not naturalised here. Name probably misapplied."

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 206 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Oenothera affinis Cambess. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 764

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Onagraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 935 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Oenothera stricta Ledeb. ex Link subsp. stricta legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 876

Hosking, J.R., Conn, B.J. & Lepschi, B.J. (2003), Plant species first recognised as naturalised for New South Wales over the period 2000-2001. Cunninghamia 8(2): 184 [secondary reference]

common name: Evening Primrose [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Oenothera affinis Cambess. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 764

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Enothera biennis F.M.Bailey orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Oenothera suaveolens Desf. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Oenothera suaveolens Pers. nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Oenothera affinis Cambess. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 764

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 61 [secondary reference]

Baker, M.L., Wapstra, M. & Lawrence, D. (20 August 2019), An annotated census of the lesser-known naturalised plants of Tasmania. Muelleria 38: 49 [secondary reference]

common name: evening-primrose [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Enothera biennis F.M.Bailey orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Oenothera suaveolens Desf. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Oenothera suaveolens Pers. nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)

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