Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Icones Plantarum 3: t. 266 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hampshire Hills, Van Dieman's Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 967.)"

Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Contributions towards a Flora of Van Dieman's Land, chiefly from the collections of Ronald Gunn., Esq., and the late Mr Lawrence. The Journal of Botany 2: 410-411 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): 45 [basionym]

basionym of: Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 212 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Colobanthus billardierei Fenzl nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 161 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Colobanthus billardierei Fenzl nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 74 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f. legitimate

Orchard, A.E. (1993), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 126 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Hampshire Hills, Tas., R.C.Gunn n. 967; iso: HO."

• Etymology: "Epithet from the Latin affinis (neighbouring, akin to), because of a perceived affinity to Colobanthus apetalus."

Orchard, A.E. (1993), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 126 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f. legitimate

West, J.G. & Cowley, K.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Colobanthus. Flora of Victoria 3: 247 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f. legitimate

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