Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Polycarpaea (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 1(1): 51-52 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Specht 708 (Holotypus: BRI; isotypus: K, MEL) ... Northern Territory ... Port Bradshaw, Jul 1948"

• Comment: nom. illeg., non J.Gay ex Oliver (1868)

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

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 17 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 144, Fig. 38C [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. (14 June 1994), Three new species, a new name and notes on Australian Polycarpaea (Carophyllaceae). Nuytsia 9(3): 331 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polycarpaea violacea (Mart.) Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Polycarpaea violacea (Mart.) Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Polycarpaea violacea (Mart.) Benth. legitimate

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