Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(11): 88, t. 114 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in capite Van-Diemen."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 152-153 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Franca tetrapetala (Labill.) Vis. legitimate

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

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 390 [secondary reference]

Summerhayes, V.S. (1930), A revision of the Australian species of Frankenia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 48: 355 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Probably near Mt. Barren, Labillardière ! (type in Herb. Mus. Paris)."

Barnsley, B. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Frankeniaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 118, map 125 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 118 [secondary reference]

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