Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 35 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Polycnemum arvense L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 22 [secondary reference]

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: 276 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 29 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hemichroa R.Br. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 80 [secondary reference]

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

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Hemichroa R.Br. legitimate

Masson, R. & Kadereit, G. (2013), Phylogeny of Polycnemoideae (Amaranthaceae): Implications for biogeography, character evolution and taxonomy. Taxon 62(1): 108 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polycnemon F.Muell. orth. var.

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