Bitter, F.A.G. (1910), Die Gattung Acaena: Vorstudien zu einer Monographie: 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Victoria: Braybrook leg. Weindorfer, herb. Vindobon.! unâ cum varietate altera A. ovinae ...."

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 [basionym]

basionym of: Acaena echinata var. retrorsumpilosa (Bitter) Orchard legitimate

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