Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de (ed.) (1792), Journal d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 2: 3, 4, t. 25 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (October 1859), Report on the Plants Collected During Mr. Babbage's Expedition into the North West Interior of South Australia in 1858. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly 3(1): 8 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 163 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aylmeria Mart. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Aylmeria Mart. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 48 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 233 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Same derivation as Polycarpon.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 357 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Same derivation as Polycarpon", i.e. "Greek polykarpos, the name of some plant; from polys, many; karpos, fruit"

Bakker, K. (1957), Revision of the Genus Polycarpaea (Caryoph.) in Malaysia. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 6: 48-53 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Polycarpaea (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 1(1): 49-62 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 47 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 98 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 196 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Polycarpaea teneriffae Lam. (typ. cons.)

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 262-263 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 367 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Reesia Ewart legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 141-142 [secondary reference]

Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Caryophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 221 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 262 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Polycarpea Lam. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Reesia Ewart legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 688 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polycarpea Lam. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Aylmeria Mart. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aylmeyera F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Reesia Ewart legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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