Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 444 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mackenzie and Suttor rivers, F. Mueller; New England, C. Stuart; Smythe's ranges, Whan; Forest Creek, F. Mueller."

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 783 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 257 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 188 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Asperula oligantha var. conferta-elongata Maiden & Betche nom. illeg.

Airy Shaw, H.K. & Turrill, W.B. (18 April 1928), Asperulae Australienses. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 3: 101 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Mackenzie River and Suttor River, N.D., F. von Müller"

Airy Shaw, H.K. & Turrill, W.B. (18 April 1928), Asperulae Australienses. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 3: 99 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Asperula ambleia Airy Shaw & Turrill legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 783

Airy Shaw, H.K. & Turrill, W.B. (18 April 1928), Asperulae Australienses. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 3: 101 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Asperula charophyton Airy Shaw & Turrill legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 276 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asperula charophyton Airy Shaw & Turrill legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 188 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asperula conferta Hook.f. legitimate

Thompson, I.R. (5 January 2009), A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubiaceae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27(1): 51 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Asperula charophyton Airy Shaw & Turrill legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Asperula ambleia Airy Shaw & Turrill legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 783

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