Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 356 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In India orientali (Wall.!), ins. Timor (Gaudich.!), Novâ Hollandiâ (R. Brown, F. Bauer! Cunningh.! Verreaux! n. 244)"

Mears, J.A. (1977), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 129: 5 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Verreaux, Australia; p. herb. Moq., lectotype; P)"

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

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera nodiflora R.Br. legitimate

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