Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 495 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.D.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 16 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 405 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Myosotis staminea Lehm. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 87 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 100 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 133 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 240 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 347 [secondary reference]

common name: Australian Forget-me-not [n/a]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 476 [secondary reference]

common name: Southern Forget-me-not [n/a]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 717, Fig. 1022 [secondary reference]

common name: Southern Forget-me-not [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 398 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 492 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 308 [secondary reference]

common name: Southern Forget-me-not [n/a]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 214-215, Fig. 261 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 90 [secondary reference]

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Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Boraginaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 549 [secondary reference]

common name: Southern Forget-me-not [n/a]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Boraginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 394-395, pl.17 [secondary reference]

common name: Australian Forget-me-not [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Boraginaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 405, Fig. 78f [secondary reference]

common name: Austral Forget-me-not [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 535 [secondary reference]

common name: Southern Forget-me-not [n/a]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

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common name: Southern Forget-me-not [n/a]

Lehnebach, C.A. (2012), Lectotypification of three species of forget-me-nots (Myosotis: Boraginaceae) from Australasia. Tuhinga 23: 18-21, Figs 1, 2 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here): ‘Banks of Paterson River, R. Brown # 2934, Oct. 1804’ (BM 000939408!.."

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 24 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Myosotis staminea Lehm. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Meudt, H.M., Thorsen, M.J. & Prebble, J.M. (26 November 2020), Taxonomic revision of the Myosotis australis group (Boraginaceae) native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 510-512 [secondary reference]

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