Anderson, T. in Thwaites, G.H.K. (1860), Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae: 235 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Justicia gangetica L. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 151 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 134-136 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Acanthaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 385 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Justicia gangetica L. legitimate

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

Barker, R.M. (29 August 1996), Additional species, new combinations and other notes on Acanthaceae of Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 146 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Justicia gangetica L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson subsp. gangetica legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asystasia coromandeliana Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asystasia coromandeliana var. micrantha Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu legitimate

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Justicia gangetica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asystasia coromandeliana Nees legitimate

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in NSW.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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