Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 420 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Oplotheca floridana Nutt. legitimate

Everist, S.L. (1960), Two new records of plant pests. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 71: v. [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 129, Fig. 16I, 139 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Oplotheca floridana Nutt. legitimate common name: Cottontails [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Oplotheca floridana Nutt. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gomphrena floridana (Nutt.) Spreng. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Amaranthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 8 [secondary reference]

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