Martius, C.F.P. von (1825), Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Naturlichen Familie der Amarantaceen: 93 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in Brasiliae Provincia Cisplatina: Clar. Sellow."

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 545 [basionym]

basionym of: Xeraea celosioides (Mart.) Kuntze legitimate

Webb, L.J. (1949), Australian Phytochemical Series: 10 [secondary reference]

Backer, C.A. (December 1949), Amaranthaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2): 96 [secondary reference]

Suessenguth, K. (1953), Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen: 190 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 167 [secondary reference]

common name: Gomphrena Weed [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 284-285 [secondary reference]

common name: White-eye [n/a] common name: Soft Khaki Weed [n/a] common name: Gomphrena Weed [n/a]

George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Amaranthaceae (except Ptilotus). Flora of Central Australia: 85 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 63 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 129, Fig. 16J, 140 [secondary reference]

common name: Soft Khaki Weed [n/a] common name: Gomphrena Weed [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 72 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 137 [secondary reference]

common name: Gomphrena weed [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 5 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 255 [secondary reference]

common name: Gomphrena Weed [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 116, Fig. 28D [secondary reference]

common name: Gomphrena weed [n/a]

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 118 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 56 [secondary reference]

common name: Gomphrena Weed [n/a]

Palmer, J. (31 March 1998), A taxonomic revision of Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 11(1): 82-83, Fig. 3 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Xeraea celosioides (Mart.) Kuntze legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 255 [secondary reference]

common name: Gomphrena Weed [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Xeraea celosioides (Mart.) Kuntze legitimate misapplication: Gomphrena dispersa Standl. legitimate by Anderson, R.H. (8 August 1939), The naturalised flora of New South Wales (excluding Gramineae). Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1): 19

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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common name: Gomphrena Weed [n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Amaranthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 8 [secondary reference]

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