Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 408 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Saponaria officinalis L. (ref. N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2, 2 (1913) 72).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 191 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1879), The Native Plants of Victoria 1: 136 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 27, 141 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gypsophila L. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dichoglottis Fisch. & C.A.Mey. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 44 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 234 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From Latin sapo, soap: alluding to the soapy juice of S. officinalis, L.

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 170 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 67 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 273 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 98 [secondary reference]

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 268-269 [secondary reference]

Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Caryophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 231 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 268 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 268 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 767 [secondary reference]

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