Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 479 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 143 [basionym]

basionym of: Dipteracanthus bracteatus (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(43): 91 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 99 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 374 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1157 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dipteracanthus bracteatus (R.Br.) Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dipteracanthus australasicus F.Muell. legitimate

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 93 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: R. Brown s.n., 6.ii.1803. Arnhem Bay, Point U1 (= Mt Caledon), Arnhem N: Bay (Melville Bay), Islands y1, y2 and z (Cotton, Pibassoo and Inglis Islands) (BM). Isolectotypes: BM, K: 2 sheets."

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 93 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dipteracanthus bracteatus (R.Br.) Nees legitimate

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

misapplied to: Dipteracanthus australasicus F.Muell. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(43): 91

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