Persoon, C.H. (1805), Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 1: 283 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gentiana spicata L. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 151 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 142 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 210 [alternative name]

alternative name: Erythraea australis R.Br. legitimate

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: 614 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centaurium spicatum (L.) Druce isonym

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1073 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gentiana spicata L. legitimate

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 948 [secondary reference]

Melderis, A. (1972), Taxonomic studies on the European species of the genus Centaurium Hill. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 65: 247 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Gentianaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 79 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centaurium spicatum (L.) Fritsch ex Janch. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Gentianaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 313 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centaurium spicatum (L.) Fritsch ex Janch. 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): 726 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schenkia spicata (L.) G.Mans. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Schenkia australis (R.Br.) G.Mans. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 948

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

misapplied to: Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 142

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