Ewart, A.J. & Petrie, A.H.K. (31 July 1926), Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 31. Additions to the Flora of the Northern Territory and locality records. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 38: 169, textfig. [primary reference]

• Type: "Wycliffe, A.J.E., June, 1924."

• Comment: Base name for Glinus spergula var. rotundifolia (Ewart & A.Petrie) Ewart & P.Jarrett.

Ewart, A.J. & Jarrett, P.H. (13 October 1927), Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 33. Additions to the Flora of the Northern Territory and locality records. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 39(2): 157 [basionym]

basionym of: Glinus spergula var. rotundifolia Ewart & P.H.Jarrett legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC. legitimate

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