Borkhausen, M.B. (1796), Archiv fur die Botanik 1: 30 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Erythraea centaurium (L.) Borkh.

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 451 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 90 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 337 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 458 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the Greek erythraios, reddish: alluding to the color of the flowers."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 691 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the Greek erythraios, reddish: alluding to the colour of the flowers."

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 476 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centaurium Hill legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 131 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centaurium Hill legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 165 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centaurium Hill legitimate

Adams, L.G. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Gentianaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 77 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Gentianaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 77 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centaurium Hill legitimate

Mansion, G. (2004), A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae - Gentianaceae): description of the New-World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb., and Schenkia Griseb. Taxon 53(3): 719 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centaurium Hill legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centaurium Hill legitimate

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