Lindley, J. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 342 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 8, 141 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 8 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 5 [secondary reference]

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

Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 21 [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]

Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 160 [basionym]

basionym of: Bredemeyera sylvestris (Lindl.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 859 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 71 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 243 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (1978), Polygalaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 112: 6-7 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Comesperma sylvestris Lindl. orth. var. orthographic variant: Comesperma silvestre F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera sylvestre Ewart & O.B.Davies orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera sylvestris (Lindl.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera sylvestris (Lindl.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

Pedley, L. (14 July 1984), A revision of Comesperma (Polygalaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(1): 11 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera sylvestris (Lindl.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

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

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 74 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 10 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".

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

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

orthographic variant: Comesperma sylvestris Lindl. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera sylvestre Ewart & O.B.Davies orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera sylvestris (Lindl.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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

pro parte misapplied to: Comesperma pallidum Pedley legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 146

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Comesperma pallidum Pedley legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 21

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Comesperma pallidum Pedley legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 71

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Comesperma pallidum Pedley legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 106

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