Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 409 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.D.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 76 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1879), Contributions to the Phytography of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1877: 115 [basionym]

basionym of: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1879), The Native Plants of Victoria 1: 162 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 158 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 209 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 323 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 576, Fig. 122 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 72 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 94 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Amaranthaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 200, Fig. 35a-b [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate common name: Trailing Hemichroa [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic, Tas

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate common name: Trailing Hemichroa [n/a]

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

Masson, R. & Kadereit, G. (2013), Phylogeny of Polycnemoideae (Amaranthaceae): Implications for biogeography, character evolution and taxonomy. Taxon 62(1): 109 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 6 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Polycnemum pentandrum (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polycnemon pentandrum F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic, Tas

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