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

• Type: "Victoria. Near Melbourne, Adamson; Glenelg river, Robertson. Tasmania. Derwent river and Kitt's Group in Bass's Straits, R.Brown; granite rocks in St. Patrick's river, Gunn."

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

basionym of: Stellaria palustris var. tenella (Benth.) J.M.Black legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 141 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Stellaria palustris var. tenella (Benth.) J.M.Black legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Stellaria sp. C [n/a]

Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Stellaria. Flora of Victoria 3: 235 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stellaria caespitosa Hook.f. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Stellaria caespitosa Hook.f. 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: 36 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): Victoria, Glenelg river, Robertson (K, Herb, Hooker).

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: 45 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Stellaria multiflora Hook. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 158

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 [basionym]

basionym of: Stellaria angustifolia subsp. tenella (Benth.) C.H.Mill. & J.G.West legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Stellaria multiflora Hook. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 158

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