Bartling, F.G. in Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1831), Reliquae Haenkeanae 2: 13 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Sagina quitensis Kunth legitimate

Copson, G.R. (1984), ANARE research notes 18: 29 [secondary reference]

Orchard, A.E. (1993), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 127 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Colobanthus apetalus var. alpinus (Kirk) L.B.Moore legitimate by Copson, G.R. (1984), ANARE research notes 18: 29

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