Hooker, W.J. (1 April 1836), Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 1(9): 275 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mr. Gunn (n. 451.)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 212 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 159 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 76 [secondary reference]

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

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

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

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Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 172, Fig. 165 [secondary reference]

common name: Rayless Starwort [n/a]

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

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 77 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 275-276 [secondary reference]

Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Stellaria. Flora of Victoria 3: 238, Fig. 45r-t [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 275-276 [secondary reference]

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common name: Many Flowered Starwort [n/a]

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common name: Rayless Starwort [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

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 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): V C's land, Mr Gunn No. 451 [maybe written in Hooker's hand] (K, herb. Hooker p.p., two plants in centre of sheet inside pencil line box.)

taxonomic synonym: Stellaria sp. Cooyar (A.R.Bean 10622) Qld Herbarium [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Stellaria glauca var. tenella Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 158

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stellaria sp. (Cooyar A.R.Bean 10622) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Stellaria sp. Cooyar (A.R.Bean 10622) Qld Herbarium [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Stellaria glauca var. tenella Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 158

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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