Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 616 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Spergula apetala Labill. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 230 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Colobanthus billardierei Fenzl nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 354 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Colobanthus billardierei Fenzl nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 70 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Colobanthus billardierei Fenzl nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 140 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 74 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Spergula apetala Labill. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 97 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce var. apetalus legitimate

West, J.G. & Cowley, K.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Colobanthus. Flora of Victoria 3: 247-248, Fig. 47f [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Spergula apetala Labill. legitimate common name: Coast Colobanth [n/a]

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in SA.
• APC Dist.: NSW, SA, Vic, Tas

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Spergula apetala Labill. legitimate

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 29, 30 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Spergula apetala Labill. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Spergula apetala Labill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce var. apetalus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Colobanthus billardierei var. ß Fenzl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Colobanthus billardierii F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in SA.
• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

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