Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (6 March 1830), Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Botanique 12: 495 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In insulis Sandwicensibus. (Alt. 450-500 hexap.)"

Hooker, W.J. & Arnott, G.A.W. (1832), The Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage 2: 96 [basionym]

basionym of: Pilea peploides (Gaudich.) Hook. & Arn. legitimate

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 96 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pilea peploides (Gaudich.) Hook. & Arn. legitimate

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