Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 362 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in China."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlvi [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 270 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 31, 142 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 89 [secondary reference]

Danser, B.H. (1927), A revision of the Queensland Polygona. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 39: 27-28 [secondary reference]

Hara, H. (1966), The Flora of Eastern Himalaya: 70 [basionym]

basionym of: Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara legitimate

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 33 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Polygonaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 89 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 68 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 68 [secondary reference]

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Polygonaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 148 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara legitimate

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Polygonaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 68 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara legitimate

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