Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(7): 169 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In eremo arenoso Australiae tropicae."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 169 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 274 [secondary reference]

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 76 [secondary reference]

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

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 224 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 650 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 346 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 228 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 42 [secondary reference]

Geesink, R. (6 October 1969), An account of the genus Portulaca in Indo-Australia and the Pacific (Portulacaceae). Blumea 17(1): 295 [secondary reference]

• Type: NW. Australia, 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]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 299 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Pigweed [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 178 [secondary reference]

Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Portulacaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 39, 40 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Portulaca pilosa L. subsp. pilosa legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Portulacaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 104 [secondary reference]

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

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West, J.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Portulacaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 179-180 [secondary reference]

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

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 167 [secondary reference]

West, J.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Portulacaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 179-180 [secondary reference]

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

misapplication: Portulaca pilosa L. legitimate by Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Portulacaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 39

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Portulaca pilosa L. legitimate common name: Slender Pigweed [n/a]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Portulaca filifolia F.Muell. var. filifolia legitimate misapplication: Portulaca pilosa L. legitimate by Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Portulacaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 39

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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