Lagasca y Segura, M. (1816), Genera et Species Plantarum: 15 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in Hispania."

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 141 [secondary reference]

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1995), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 2: 16 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 266, Fig. 51f [secondary reference]

common name: Portugese Catchfly [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Keighery, G.J. (16 December 2005), New and noteworthy plant species recognised as naturalised in Western Australia. Nuytsia 15(3): 526 [secondary reference]

common name: Portuguese Catchfly [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 30 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Silene colorata Poir. legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1995), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 2: 16

Baker, M.L., Wapstra, M. & Lawrence, D. (20 August 2019), An annotated census of the lesser-known naturalised plants of Tasmania. Muelleria 38: 39 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Silene colorata Poir. legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1995), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 2: 16

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Silene colorata Poir. legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1995), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 2: 16

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 10 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Excluded taxon. This taxon is not considered naturalised. No collections recorded for WA."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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