Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 204 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 96 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Icones Plantarum 3: t. 293 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 177 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Talinum Adans. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Calandrinia Kunth nom. cons.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 76, 294 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 37 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Claytonia virginica L.

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 224 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: After John Clayton, 1693-1773, an English doctor and botanist who collected plants in Virginia.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 346 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After John Clayton, 1693-1773, an English doctor and botanist who collected plants in Virginia."

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 75 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 138 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 154-157 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 267, 269 [secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Portulacaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 553 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Portulacaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 220 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 193 [secondary reference]

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