Ruiz Lopez, H. & Pavon, J.A. (1794), Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus: 95 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Mecardonia ovata Ruíz Lopez & Pavón

Barker, W.R. in Morley, B. & Toelken, H.R. (1983), Flowering Plants in Australia: 269 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 513 [secondary reference]

Fischer, E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Scrophulariaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 385 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 530 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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