Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 722 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 114-116 [secondary reference]

• Type: Hemigraphis latebrosa (Roth) Nees

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 10 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 399 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Strobilanthes Blume legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Ruellia L. legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 145

• APC Dist.: Qld (native and naturalised)

Tripp, E.A., Daniel, T.F., Fatimah, S. & McDade, L.A. (2013), Phylogenetic relationships within Ruellieae (Acanthanceae) and a revised classification. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174(1): 99, 111, 129 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: An Asian taxon previously recorded for Australia. The Australian taxa formerly placed in this genus are now placed in Strobilanthes Blume.

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