Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 177 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Mirabilis jalapa L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 82 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora Suppl. 2: 49 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 396 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 178 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 252, 253 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 170 [secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 6 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (formerly naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 96-97 [secondary reference]

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Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 374 [secondary reference]

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

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