Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1818), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 3: 301 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gentiana diffusa Vahl legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 372 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 90 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 337, Fig. 318 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 254 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 140 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 38 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gentianaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 697, Fig. 215A [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 305 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Gentianaceae. Flora of Australia 28: 83, Fig. 45E-H, Map 113 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gentiana diffusa Vahl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthostemon erectum R.Br. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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