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basionym: Achyranthes corymbosa L. legitimate

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]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xliv [secondary reference]

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Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 274 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 51 [secondary reference]

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

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

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

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Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 322 [secondary reference]

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taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea breviflora F.Muell. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 234 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Polycarpaea (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 1(1): 52 [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]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 76 [secondary reference]

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Cowie, I.D. (14 June 1994), Three new species, a new name and notes on Australian Polycarpaea (Carophyllaceae). Nuytsia 9(3): 329-330 [secondary reference]

• Type: Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Herb. Herman (lecto: BM) n.v., fide W.B. Turrill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa (1956)

nomenclatural synonym: Achyranthes corymbosa L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea diversifolia Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea corymbosa var. torrensis Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea corymbosa var. minor Pedley legitimate

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 82 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: bilangool (Yawuru)

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

nomenclatural synonym: Achyranthes corymbosa L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea diversifolia Domin legitimate

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in NT.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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

taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea diversifolia Domin legitimate

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

misapplied to: Polycarpaea breviflora F.Muell. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 358

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

misapplied to: Polycarpaea arida Pedley legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 358

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Polycarpaea arida Pedley legitimate by Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 234

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Polycarpaea arida Pedley legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 358

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polycarpa corymbosa Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Achyranthes corymbosa L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea indica Lam. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polycarpaea diversifolia Domin legitimate

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in NT.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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