Black, J.M. (22 December 1923), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 21. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 368 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Port Willunga northwards to Flinders Range; Murray lands. Also north-western Victoria. The type was collected at Spalding."

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 199 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 312, Fig 441 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. (27 June 1975), A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 2(1): 31 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Spalding, 4 Nov. 1920 (holo.: AD, iso.: NSW)."

Wilson, Paul G. (27 June 1975), A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 2(1): 31 [basionym]

basionym of: Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 103 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 194 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 233 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 165 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 233 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Maireana excavata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson legitimate

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