Orchard, A.E. (1969), Revision of the Acaena ovina A.Cunn. (Rosaceae) complex in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 93: 101 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Typus: A.E. Orchard 1835, 21.xi.1968, South Australia. Mt. Lofty Ranges. Forest Range, ca. 19 km east of Adelaide. Holotypus. AD 96905096! isotypi: B! K! L! MEL! UC!."

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 76 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 70 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate

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