Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 490 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Choisy, J.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1845), Convolvulaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 9: 440 [basionym]

basionym of: Cressa cretica var. australis (R.Br.) Choisy legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 437 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cressa cretica L. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 254 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 106 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cressa cretica L. legitimate

Johnson, R.W. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 287 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cressa cretica L. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Convolvulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 356 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cressa cretica L. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 22 [secondary reference]

Johnson, R.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 378 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cressa cretica L. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 369 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cressa cretica L. legitimate

Austin, D.F. (2000), A revision of Cressa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133(1): 30, fig. 1A [secondary reference]

• Type: Australia. Queensland. Broad Sound. On label back: 'Broad Sound prope ejus [epes ortum?] in inundatis salsis'. R.Brown 65 (holotype BM, n.v. photo FAU; isotype EDINB, n.v., photo FAU).

nomenclatural synonym: Cressa cretica var. australis (R.Br.) Choisy legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Convolvulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 356, Fig. 49G

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cressa cretica var. australis (R.Br.) Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Carpentia floribunda Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), North Australian Botany. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 51, 326 misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 227 misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 109 misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 106 misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 142 misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Johnson, R.W. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1137 misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Johnson, R.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 378 misapplication: Cressa cretica L. legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 369, Fig. 71f

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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