Amaranthaceae Juss.
Nyssanthes R.Br.
, legitimate, scientific
[Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]:
418
[tax. nov.]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
28
[secondary reference]
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
78
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
403
[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]:
168
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
63
[secondary reference]
[Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Amaranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1]:
135, 138
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1]:
255-256
[secondary reference]
[Townsend, C.C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Amaranthaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2]:
86
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amaranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1]:
255
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
592
[secondary reference]
[Bean, A.R. & Miller, C.H. (1 December 2011), A taxonomic revision of Nyssanthes R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Austrobaileya 8(3)]:
268
[secondary reference]
-
Etymology:
"From the Greek nyssa (a prickle), and anthos, in reference to the prickly bracteoles and bracts found in all species of the genus."