Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 536, 540 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Achyranthes repens L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Illecebrum achyrantha L. nom. superfl.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 63 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 350 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 250 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

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