Aellen, P. (1955), A New Species of Atriplex (Atriplex Spongivalvis Aellen). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 78: 155, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "South Australia: Eyre Peninsula – Cowell and Kimba Districts; June 1937, J.C. Gross. (Type in the Herbarium of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute and in Herbarium P. Aellen.)"

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 110 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. (19 December 1977), Endangered species in the South Australian native vascular flora. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(2): 137 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 102 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Atriplex acutibractea subsp. karoniensis Aellen legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Atriplex acutibractea subsp. karoniensis Aellen legitimate

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