Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 347 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 164 [secondary reference]

Seringe, N.C. in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Onagrariae, p.p. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 41 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 303-306 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 49 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 215 [secondary reference]

common name: Willow-wort [n/a]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 590 [secondary reference]

• Type: Epilobium hirstum L.

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 427 [secondary reference]

common name: Willow Herb [n/a]

• Etymology: "From Greek epi, upon; lobos, pod: the flower rests on the narrow pod-like capsule."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 638-639 [secondary reference]

common name: Willow Herb [n/a]

• Etymology: "From Greek epi, upon; lobos, pod: the flower rests on the narrow pod-like capsule."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 173 [secondary reference]

common name: Willow Herb [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 228-229 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 243-244 [secondary reference]

Raven, P.H. (1968), The genus Epilobium in Malesia (Onagraceae). Blumea 15(2): 269-282 [secondary reference]

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Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 647 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 171 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Onagraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 226 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Onagraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 429-430 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 18: 230-243 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI, NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised), MI

Dalby, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Onagraceae. Flora of New South Wales 2: 202 [secondary reference]

common name: Willowherbs [n/a]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 94 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chamaenerion Spach legitimate

Du Puy, D.J. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 50: 241-242 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 204 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Onagraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 936 [secondary reference]

Dalby, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Onagraceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 238 [secondary reference]

common name: Willowherbs [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 725 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 309 [secondary reference]

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