Hooker, J.D. (1844), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. I. Flora Antarctica 1(1): 10-11, t. 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Lord Aukland's Group and Campbell's Island; on grassy banks and in moist places, abundant."

• Comment: This publication just predates Hooker's description in Icones Plantarum 7 (Jul. 1844) t. 685; which is the reference cited by Index Kewensis.

Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1844), Icones Plantarum 7: t. 685 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 304 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Epilobium tenuipes Hook.f. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 60 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Epilobium alpinum L. legitimate

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 877-878 [secondary reference]

common name: Alpine Willow-herb [n/a]

Raven, P.H. & Raven, T.E. (1976), The genus Epilobium (Onagraceae) in Australasia: a systematic and evolutionary study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 216: 183-185, Fig. 86 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Near the sea and on mountain tops, Auckland Islands, December 1840, J.D. Hooker (K. Isolectotypes, BM, E)."

Raven, P.H. & Raven, T.E. (1976), The genus Epilobium (Onagraceae) in Australasia: a systematic and evolutionary study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 216: 179 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Epilobium tasmanicum Hausskn. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 304

Raven, P.H. & Raven, T.E. (1976), The genus Epilobium (Onagraceae) in Australasia: a systematic and evolutionary study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 216: 108 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Epilobium willisii P.H.Raven & Engelhorn legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 304

Thompson, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 18: 242 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Recorded for Australia by G. Bentham, Fl. Austral. 3: 304 (1867), but not occurring here, see P.H. Raven & T.E.Raven, D.S.I.R. Bull. 216: 183-185 (1976)."

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 60 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Epilobium tasmanicum Hausskn. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 304

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Epilobium tasmanicum Hausskn. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 304

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