Miller, P. (1768), The Gardeners Dictionary Edn. 8: 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "was sent me from Jamaica ..."

Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 10-12, 318, Fig. 3E-G, Map 12 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "cultivated Chelsea Physic Garden, from Jamaica, 1730, W. Houston; neo (here nominated): BM."

taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia pubescens R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia mutabilis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia diffusa var. eurepens Domin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia diffusa f. crassifolia Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia diffusa var. xerophila Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia repens var. pubescens (R.Br.) Fosberg legitimate pro parte misapplication: Boerhavia diffusa L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 277 misapplication: Boerhavia repens L. legitimate by Jackson, B.D. (6 September 1893), Index Kewensis 1(1): 318

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 74 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 56 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia mutabilis R.Br. legitimate common name: Tarvine [n/a]

Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 88, Fig. 21A [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 149 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 24 [secondary reference]

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]

taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia mutabilis R.Br. legitimate common name: Tarvine [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia pubescens R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia xerophila Domin nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia diffusa var. xerophila Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia diffusa var. eurepens Domin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia diffusa f. crassifolia Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia repens var. pubescens (R.Br.) Fosberg legitimate taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia sp. Torrens Creek (C.T.White 8932) [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia mutabilis R.Br. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Boerhavia diffusa L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 277 pro parte misapplication: Boerhavia diffusa L. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 333, Fig. 472 misapplication: Boerhavia repens L. legitimate by Jackson, B.D. (6 September 1893), Index Kewensis 1(1): 318

• APC Comment: Treated as Boerhavia pubescens in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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