Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 348 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Alpibus Helveticis, Laponicis"

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 60 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Epilobium tenuipes Hook.f. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 60 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Epilobium tasmanicum Hausskn. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 60

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Epilobium tasmanicum Hausskn. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 60

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