Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 331 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europae australis maritimis."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Essay on the plants collected by Mr Eugene Fitzalan during Lieut. Smith's Expedition to the Estuary of the Burdekin: 18 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 82-83 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Frankenia fruticulosa DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Frankenia pauciflora DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Frankenia scabra Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Frankenia serpyllifolia Lindl. legitimate

Visiani R. de (1871), Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 16: 158 [basionym]

basionym of: Franca laevis (L.) Vis. legitimate

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 (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 15 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Plants indigenous to the neighbourhood of Hermannsburg, on the river Finke, Central Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 5: 20 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 26 [secondary reference]

Anonymous (1883), Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 9 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von & Tate, R. (June 1896), Botany. Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 16(3): 343 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 75 [secondary reference]

Barnsley, B. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Frankeniaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 120 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Frankenia irregularis Summerh. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von & Tate, R. (June 1896), Botany. Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 16(3): 343

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