Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 89 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Minuartia dichotoma L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 39 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 231 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: After Juan Minuart, 1693-1768, Spanish botanist and chemist, born in Barcelona.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 355 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Juan Minuart, 1693-1768, Spanish botanist and chemist, born in Barcelona."

McNeill, J. (1962), Notes from the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh: 133-150 [secondary reference]

Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Caryophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 227 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 232 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 549 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: A northern hemisphere taxon previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa formerly placed in this genus are now placed in Sabulina Rchb.

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