Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 406 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 191 [secondary reference]

Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1: 112 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 206 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dichoglottis Fisch. & C.A.Mey. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 27 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Saponaria L. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 44 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 71 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Gypsophila repens L.

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 234 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Greek gypsos, plaster of Paris, gypsum; philos, lover" some species prefer limy soils.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 358 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Greek gypsos, plaster of Paris, gypsum; philos, lover; some species prefer limy soils"

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 63 [secondary reference]

Barkoudah, Y.I. (1962), Wentia 9: 4-156 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Petrorhagia (Ser.) Link legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 152 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 170 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 66 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 48 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 275 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 97 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 110, 114 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 269 [secondary reference]

Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Caryophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 230-231 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 267 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 269 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dichoglottis Fisch. & C.A.Mey. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 383 [secondary reference]

Madhani, H., Rabeler, R., Pirani, A., Oxelman, B., Heubl, G. & Zarre, S. (2017), Untangling phylogenetic patterns and taxonomic confusion in tribe Caryophylleae (Caryophyllaceae) with special focus on generic boundaries. Taxon 67(1): 105 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Vaccaria Wolf legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dichoglottis Fisch. & C.A.Mey. legitimate

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