Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 563 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1836), Prodromus Monographiae Lobeliacearum: 17 [basionym]

basionym of: Rapuntium purpurascens (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 131 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 85 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 204 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 126, 239 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 548 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1190 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lobelia ilicifolia Sims legitimate

Wimmer, F.E. in Engler, H.G.A. (1953), Das Pflanzenreich 107: 764 [basionym]

basionym of: Pratia purpurascens (R.Br.) E.Wimm. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 814 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pratia purpurascens (R.Br.) E.Wimm. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 140 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pratia purpurascens (R.Br.) E.Wimm. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Campanulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 479, Fig. 66I [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pratia purpurascens (R.Br.) E.Wimm. legitimate common name: White Root [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 347 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pratia purpurascens (R.Br.) E.Wimm. legitimate

Albrecht, D.E. & Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Campanulaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 571 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pratia purpurascens (R.Br.) E.Wimm. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Rapuntium purpurascens (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pratia purpurascens (R.Br.) E.Wimm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lobelia ilicifolia Sims legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pratia puberula f. arguta E.Wimm. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, LHI (formerly naturalised), NI (formerly naturalised), Vic

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