Davis, R.W., Palmer, J. & Hammer, T.A. (16 August 2021), Gomphrena axillaris and G. longistyla (Amaranthaceae), new species of Gomphrena from central and northern Australia. Swainsona 35: 63, Fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Holotypus: [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons] SSE of Cape Bertholet, Dampier Peninsula, W. Kimberley, Western Australia, 8 August 1992, B.J. Carter 600 (PERTH02472228)."

taxonomic synonym: Gomphrena sp. O (J.Palmer) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Gomphrena sp. Doongmabulla (E.J.Thompson+ GAL137) Qld Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Gomphrena sp. Martins Well (K.F.Kenneally 6116) [n/a]

• Etymology: "The specific epithet derives from the Latin axillaris (of an axil), referring to the axillary inflorescences."

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 6 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gomphrena sp. (Doongmabulla E.J.Thompson+ GAL137) [n/a]

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 8 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gomphrena sp. Martins Well (K.F.Kenneally 6116) [n/a]

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