Airy Shaw, H.K. & Turrill, W.B. (18 April 1928), Asperulae Australienses. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 3: 89 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "NEW SOUTH WALES.♂: Monga, Oct. 1926 (sic! sed fieri non potest), W. Bauerlen. ♀: Riesdale, Braidwood, Oct. 1890, W. B[auerlen?]; Yarrogobilly Caves, Feb. 1897, E. Betche."

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

Thompson, I.R. (5 January 2009), A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubiaceae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27(1): 60 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asperula scoparia Hook.f. subsp. scoparia legitimate

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