Haussknecht, H.C. (1884), Monographie der Gattung Epilobium: 288, t. 19, fig. 80 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Tasmania leg. Milligan No. 22 mixt C.E. Billard (Hb. mus. Paris); in adscensu m. Olympi in rup. arenos. mixt. c. E. Billard No. 805 et in montibus occident. ad m. Wellington alt. 2000' leg. R. Gunn; Hampshire Hills leg. R. Gunn m. Febr. 1837 sub E. glabello (Hb. Kew). – ... In Novae Hollandiae parte austro-occident. leg. Labillardière (Hb. mus. Paris)."

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 230 [secondary reference]

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: 102 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Common on very wet face of sandstone cliffs on the way up Mt. Olympus from Lake St. Clair, Tasmania, R.Gunn 805 (K)."

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: 102 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Epilobium gunnianum Hausskn. legitimate

Thompson, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 18: 232 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Epilobium gunnianum Hausskn. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Onagraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 941 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Epilobium gunnianum Hausskn. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Epilobium gunnianum Hausskn. legitimate

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