Link, J.H.F. (1821), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Regii Berolinensis Altera 1: 154 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Achyranthes repens L. legitimate

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Gmelin (1791).

White, C.T. (1934), Queensland Agricultural Journal Series 2 42: 583-584, t. 241 [secondary reference]

Backer, C.A. (December 1949), Amaranthaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2): 91-92 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Alternanthera achyrantha R.Br. ex Sweet legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 136 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 250 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 250 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

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

misapplied to: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate by White, C.T. (1934), Queensland Agricultural Journal Series 2 42: 583-584, t. 241

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera pungens Kunth legitimate

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