Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Colobanthus muscoides Hook.f. , legitimate, scientific
Hooker, J.D. (1844), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. I. Flora Antarctica 1(1): 14, Fig. 80 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Lord Auckland's group and Campbell's Island..."
Orchard, A.E. (1993), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 126, Fig. 80 APC [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Lord Aucklands group [Auckland Is.], Nov.-Dec. 1840, J.D.Hooker; syn: n.v.; Campbell Is., Dec. 1840, J.D.Hooker; syn: K n.v. ..."
  • APC Dist.: MI
  • Etymology: "Epithet from the Latin muscus (a moss) and -oides (resembling), in reference to the growth habit."