Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 4 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 422 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 32 [secondary reference]

Standley, P.C. (1909), Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12: 375 [secondary reference]

• Type: Boerhavia erecta L.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 396 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 216 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: After Hermann Boerhaave, 1668-1738, professor of medicine, botany, and chemistry at the University of Leyden.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 333 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Hermann Boerhaave, 1668-1738, professor of medicine, botany, and chemistry at the University of Leyden."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 178 [secondary reference]

Fosberg, F.R. (1978), Studies in the genus Boerhavia L. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 39: 1-20 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 170 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 34 [secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 6-13 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 96-97 [secondary reference]

Fosberg, F.R. (15 March 1988), New & noteworthy plants from Great Barrier Reef sand cays, Australia. Brittonia 40(1): 55-59 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 186-187 [secondary reference]

common name: Tarvines [n/a]

Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 86-87 [secondary reference]

Bittrich, V. & Kuhn, U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Nyctaginaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 481 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 104-105 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 75 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 103 [secondary reference]

Pike, G.D. & Leach, G.J. (1997), Handbook of the vascular plants of Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 48 [secondary reference]

common name: Tar vine [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 187 [secondary reference]

common name: Tarvines [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 374 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Boerhaavia Mill. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, AR, NT, SA, Qld, CSI, NSW, LHI, Vic

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 111 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Commicarpus Standl. legitimate

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