Bailey, F.M. (September 1897), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 1(3): 230 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Thursday Island, Torres Strait. Under trees in the gullies between the hills."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 374 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 136-137 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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: 300 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 9 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 5 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

isonym: Asystasia australasica F.M.Bailey isonym

• APC Dist.: Qld

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