Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Polygaleae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 334 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novâ-Hollandiâ ad portum regis Georgii. Lechenault. (v.s.)"

Steetz, J. (1847), Revisio generis Comesperma: 18 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 189 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Comesperma defoliatum F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 148-149 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Comesperma ramosissimum Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Comesperma megapterygum Steud. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 8 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 15 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 333 [secondary reference]

Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (1968), Acta Botanica Neerlandica 17: 383 [basionym]

basionym of: Bredemeyera nudiuscula (DC.) Chodat ex Steenis legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 106 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 799 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Comesperma nudiuscula DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera nudiuscula (DC.) Chodat ex Steenis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Comesperma ramosissima Steud. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Comesperma ramosissimum Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Comesperma megapteryga Steud. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Comesperma megapterygum Steud. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Comesperma defoliatum F.Muell. legitimate by Steetz, J. (1847), Revisio generis Comesperma: 18

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