Persoon, C.H. (1806), Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 2(1): 179 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Essay on the plants collected by Mr Eugene Fitzalan during Lieut. Smith's Expedition to the Estuary of the Burdekin: 18 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl legitimate

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 71 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl legitimate

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