Primulaceae Batsch
Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers. , legitimate, scientific
Persoon, C.H. (1805), Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 1: 171 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Sheffieldia repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate
Bentham, G. (1833), Labiatarum Genera et Species 3: 271 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 271 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sheffieldia incana Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus littoralis R.Br. nom. illeg.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 88 [secondary reference]
Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 75 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 11 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 91 [secondary reference]
Anonymous (1883), Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 18 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 127 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Samolus littoralis R.Br. nom. illeg.
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 212 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 300 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 452-453 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sheffieldia repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 678, Fig. 945 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sheffieldia repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 359 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 468, Fig. 107 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 178 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Primulaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 272, Fig. 356B [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sheffieldia repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate
Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 250 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 139 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Primulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 270 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Primulaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 197-198 [secondary reference]
common name: Creeping Brookweed [n/a]
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Primulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 505, Plate 32 [secondary reference]
common name: Creeping Brookweed [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Primulaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 277, Fig. 80B [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Primulaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 522, Fig. 106q-s [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sheffieldia repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate common name: Creeping Brookweed [n/a]
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Primulaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 505, Plate 32 [secondary reference]
common name: Creeping Brookweed [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 810 [secondary reference]
common name: Creeping Brookweed [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sheffieldia repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers. var. repens legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sheffieldia incana Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus ambiguus R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus littoralis R.Br. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Samolus littoralis R.Br. var. littoralis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus littoralis var. incana (Labill.) Duby legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus repens var. ambiguus (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus repens var. floribundus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus repens var. paucifolius Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus bickfordiana W.Fitzg. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Samolus bickfordianus W.Fitzg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus repens var. procumbens R.Knuth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus repens var. incana (Labill.) Pax & R.Knuth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus repens var. stricta Cockayne legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Samolus parviflorus Nees nom. illeg. misapplication: Samolus littoralis var. repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Endl. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. (1833), Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae: 48
  • APC Comment: Varietal taxa within this species are currently only recognised in WA (Samolus repens var. repens and S. repens var. floribundus) and NI (Samolus repens var. stricta). The taxonomic status of NI plants is uncertain (cf. P.S.Green, Fl. Australia 49: 155 (1994).
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, NI, Vic, Tas
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 140 [secondary reference]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 65 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sheffieldia incana Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Samolus littoralis R.Br. nom. illeg.