Hill, J. (1767), The Vegetable System; or the internal structure and the life of plants 12, Appendix: 64, pl. 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A native of Carolina..."

• Comment: Hill's protologue erroneously lists the illustration as pl. 8 (which depicts Indigofera decumbens) rather than pl. 10.

Hill, J. (1768), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 1: 172 (4) [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 171 [secondary reference]

Dietrich, W. & Wagner, W.L. (1988), Systematics of Oenothera section Oenothera subsection Raimannia and subsection Nutantigemma (Onagraceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 24: 41 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "We did not see authentic material and hereby select illustration pl. 10 as the lectotype..."

Thompson, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 18: 221, Map 313 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Oenothera laciniata Hill subsp. laciniata legitimate

• APC Comment: Subspecific rank recognised in NSW only.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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