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

• Type: "(J.) 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: 124 [basionym]

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

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 547 [basionym]

basionym of: Ruellia australis var. pumila (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1156 [basionym]

basionym of: Aporuellia pumilio (R.Br.) Domin legitimate

Bremekamp, C.E.B. (1964), Proceedings, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: Series C: Biological and Medical Sciences 67: 305 [basionym]

basionym of: Brunoniella pumilio (R.Br.) Bremek. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brunoniella pumilio (R.Br.) Bremek. legitimate

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 112 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "R. Brown 2944, 8.vi.1802, Port Jackson (BM); isolectotype: (BM, K)."

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Acanthaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 543 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brunoniella pumilio (R.Br.) Bremek. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Brunoniella pumilio (R.Br.) Bremek. legitimate

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