Allan, H.H.B. (1961), Flora of New Zealand 1: 360 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Acaena novae-zelandiae var. pallida Kirk legitimate

Macmillan, B.H. in Banks, M.R., Smith, S.J., Orchard, A.E. & Kantvilas, G. (ed.) (1991), Acaena pallida (Kirk) Allan (Rosaceae) in Tasmania and New South Wales, Australia. Aspects of Tasmanian Botany - a tribute to Winifred Curtis: 53 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Acaena novae-zelandiae var. pallida Kirk legitimate

• APC Dist.: Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Acaena novae-zelandiae var. pallida Kirk legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena pallida J.W.Dawson nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 70 [secondary reference]

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