Candolle, A.P. de (1813), Catalogus Plantarum Horti Botanici Monspeliensis: 77 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gomphrena sessilis L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Illecebrum sessile (L.) L. legitimate

• Comment: Some references attribute authorship of this name to “R.Br.” or to “R.Br. ex DC.”. R.Brown, Prodr. 417 (1810), indicates that “Ill. sessile L.” belongs in the genus Alternanthera Forssk. but does not make the combination at species rank.

Hooker, J.D. (28 July 1857), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(4): 310 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 276 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 159 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. legitimate

Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 25 [secondary reference]

Backer, C.A. (December 1949), Amaranthaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2): 92-93 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 225 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 137 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphrena sessilis L. legitimate

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

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 116 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphrena sessilis L. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 88-89 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphrena sessilis L. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphrena sessilis L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alternanthera triandra Lam. nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NI (formerly naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Alternanthera nahui Heenan & de Lange legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 25

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Alternanthera nahui Heenan & de Lange legitimate by Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 88-89

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

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 6 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (28 July 1857), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(4): 310

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gomphrena sessilis L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Illecebrum sessile (L.) L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alternanthera triandra Lam. nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NI (formerly naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (28 July 1857), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(4): 310

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

misapplied to: Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (28 July 1857), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(4): 310

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