Airy Shaw, H.K. & Turrill, W.B. (18 April 1928), Asperulae Australienses. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 3: 100 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ♂: Kangaroo Island, 1886, Otto Tepper."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 798, Fig. 1123 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Asperula oligantha F.Muell. nom. illeg. misapplication: Asperula gunnii Hook.f. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 445

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 289 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Asperula gunnii Hook.f. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 445

• Comment: Delete Asperula oligantha as a synonym.

Thompson, I.R. (5 January 2009), A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubiaceae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27(1): 64 [basionym]

basionym of: Asperula tetraphylla (Airy Shaw & Turrill) I.Thomps. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Asperula tetraphylla (Airy Shaw & Turrill) I.Thomps. legitimate

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