Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus: 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Insulae Societatis."

Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 8-9, Fig. 3A-D, Map 7 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg var. albiflora legitimate

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

misapplied to: Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg legitimate by Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus: 2

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 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]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 74, 76 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg legitimate by Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 8-9, Fig. 3A-D, Map 7

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