Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 205 [tax. nov.]

Link, J.H.F. (1821), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Regii Berolinensis Altera 1: 154 [basionym]

basionym of: Alternanthera repens (L.) Link nom. illeg.

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 540 [basionym]

basionym of: Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze isonym

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 131 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

Iamonico, D. (2014), Lectotypification of Linnaean names in the genus Achyranthes (Amaranthaceae). Taxon 63(2): 407 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (designated here): [illustration] "Achyracantha repens, foliis Bliti pallidi " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham.: t. 7, fig. 7. 1732.

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