Lindley, J. (ed.) in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1832), Edwards's Botanical Register: t. 1483 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A native of the Mauritius, whence it was sent to Europe some years since by C. Telfair, Esq. ... Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in August 1829."

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 127-128 [secondary reference]

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

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

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

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