Wallich, N. in Roxburgh, W. (1824), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 2: 497 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Centrostachys aquatica Roxb.

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlvi. [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Achyranthes L. nom. cons.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Achyranthes L. nom. cons.

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