Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(7): 170 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In tractu steriliore secus rivos Hooker's Creek et Sturt's Creek."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 170 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 27 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 3 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 49 [secondary reference]

Geesink, R. (6 October 1969), An account of the genus Portulaca in Indo-Australia and the Pacific (Portulacaceae). Blumea 17(1): 287 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Sturt's Creek, F. von Mueller (MEL)."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 234 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 76 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 69 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 260 [secondary reference]

West, J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Portulacaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 137, Fig. 36C [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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