Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1806), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 2(16): 22, t. 160 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in capite Van-Diemen."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 10 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 190-191 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 145-146 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 75 [secondary reference]

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]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 11 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 42 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 44 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 27 [secondary reference]

Chodat, E. in Anonymous (1923), A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their regional distribution and the vernacular names: 40 [basionym]

basionym of: Bredemeyera retusa (Labill.) Anon. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 58-59 [secondary reference]

common name: Purple Milkwort [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 146 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 244 [secondary reference]

common name: Purple Milkwort [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 62 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusa (Labill.) Anon. legitimate common name: Purple Milkwort [n/a]

Thompson, J. (1978), Polygalaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 112: 7-8 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Comesperma retusa Labill. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusum Anon. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusa (Labill.) Anon. legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 72 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 175 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusa (Labill.) Anon. legitimate

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Polygalaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 490 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusa (Labill.) Anon. legitimate

Pedley, L. (14 July 1984), A revision of Comesperma (Polygalaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(1): 12 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusa (Labill.) Anon. legitimate

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Polygalaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 4 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Polygalaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 137, Fig. 24g [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusa (Labill.) Anon. legitimate common name: Mountain Milkwort [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Comesperma retusa Labill. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Comesperma compactum Sieber ex Steud. nom. inval., pro syn. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusum Anon. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera retusa (Labill.) Anon. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 63 [secondary reference]

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