Ascherson, P.F.A. in Schweinfurth, G.A. (1867), Beitrag zur Flora Aethiopiens: 176 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Amaranthus silvestris Vill. legitimate

Aellen, P. in Hegi, G. (ed.) (1959), Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa Edn. 2, 3(2): 500 [secondary reference]

Palmer, J. (2 June 2009), A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19(1): 116 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Amaranthus graecizans subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan legitimate

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