Druce, G.C. (1897), The Flora of Berkshire: 342 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gentiana pulchella Sw. legitimate

Hochreutiner, B.P.G. (1928), Note sur les Centaurium d'Australie. Candollea 3: 469 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1073 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Erythraea pulchella (Sw.) Fr. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 353 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 259 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Erythraea pulchella (Sw.) Fr. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 480 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Erythraea pulchella (Sw.) Fr. legitimate

Melderis, A. (1972), Taxonomic studies on the European species of the genus Centaurium Hill. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 65: 245-246 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 524 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Gentianaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 79, Fig. 44E-H, Map 108 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gentiana pulchella Sw. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Chironia pulchella (Sw.) Willd. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Erythraea pulchella (Sw.) Fr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erythraea pulchella var. muelleri Wittr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Centaurium pulchellum var. muelleri (Wittr.) Hochr. legitimate common name: Lesser Centaury [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Gentianaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 313, Fig. 61e [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gentiana pulchella Sw. legitimate common name: Lesser Centaury [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Gentianaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 313 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 524

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

misapplied to: Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 259

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 259

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 48 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 480

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