Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 343 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Novae-Hollandiae orâ boreali-occidentali (Cunningh.!)"

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 256 [basionym]

basionym of: Gomphrena tenella (Moq.) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 545 [basionym]

basionym of: Xeraea tenella (Moq.) Kuntze legitimate

Backer, C.A. (December 1949), Amaranthaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2): 97 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphrena tenella (Moq.) Benth. legitimate

Palmer, J. (31 March 1998), A taxonomic revision of Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 11(1): 121 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gomphrena tenella (Moq.) Benth. legitimate

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