Wolf, N.M. von in Lagasca y Segura, M. (1816), Genera et Species Plantarum: 234 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Hieronymus, G.H.E.W. (1873), Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 12: 160 [secondary reference]

• Type: Vaccaria pyramidata Medic

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 358 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin vacca, cow, because the plant was considered good fodder"

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 63 [secondary reference]

Ross (1966), Acta Botanica Neerlandica 15: 160 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 66 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 48 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 99 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 110 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 269 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 266 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melandrium Röhl. legitimate

Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Caryophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 231 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 268 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 269 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 552 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 889 [secondary reference]

Madhani, H., Rabeler, R., Pirani, A., Oxelman, B., Heubl, G. & Zarre, S. (2017), Untangling phylogenetic patterns and taxonomic confusion in tribe Caryophylleae (Caryophyllaceae) with special focus on generic boundaries. Taxon 67(1): 105 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gypsophila L. legitimate

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