Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), The Journal of Botany 2: 411 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In a marsh at Circular Head. Mr. Gunn (n. 652 and 653?)"

Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): 44 [basionym]

basionym of: Stellaria glauca var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 158 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Stellaria glauca var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 231 [basionym]

basionym of: Stellaria palustris var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) J.M.Black legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 355 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Stellaria palustris var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) J.M.Black legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 140 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stellaria palustris var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) J.M.Black legitimate

Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Stellaria. Flora of Victoria 3: 235, 237, Fig. 45h-i [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stellaria glauca var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Stellaria palustris var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stellaria glauca var. tenella Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arenaria axillaris Luehm. ex Ewart legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stellaria glauca var. axillaris (Luehm. ex Ewart) Ewart legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stellaria palustris var. tenella (Benth.) J.M.Black legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Stellaria glauca var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Stellaria palustris var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stellaria glauca var. tenella Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stellaria palustris var. tenella (Benth.) J.M.Black legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Arenaria axillaris Luehm. ex Ewart legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Stellaria glauca var. axillaris (Luehm. ex Ewart) Ewart legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stellaria glauca var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Stellaria palustris var. caespitosa (Hook.f.) J.M.Black legitimate

Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. (10 July 2012), A revision of the genus Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25: 32 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): In a marsh at Circular Head, Gunn 652?, 1837 (K, Herb. Hooker p.p. [2 pieces on the top right hand side of the pencil line.)

Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. (10 July 2012), A revision of the genus Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25: 36 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Stellaria angustifolia subsp. tenella (Benth.) C.H.Mill. & J.G.West legitimate by Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Stellaria. Flora of Victoria 3: 235, 237, Fig. 45h-i

Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. (10 July 2012), A revision of the genus Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25: 32 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stellaria angustifolia Hook. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 31 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stellaria angustifolia Hook. subsp. angustifolia legitimate

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