Vellozo, J.M. de C. (1829), Florae Fluminensis: 17 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Not cited

Vellozo, J.M. de C. (29 October 1831), Florae Fluminensis Icones 1: 8, t. 40 [secondary reference]

Briquet, J.I. (1904), Verbenaceae. Balsananae Paraguarienses. Annuaire de Conservatoire & du Jardin Botaniques de Geneve 7-8: 292 [basionym]

basionym of: Verbena litoralis var. brasiliensis (Vell.) Briq. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 209 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Verbenaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 613 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 314 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), Observations on the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(2): 150 misapplication: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 157 misapplication: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 278 common name: Gin Case [n/a]

Michael, P.W. (8 July 1997), A putative hybrid in Verbena (Verbenaceae) and the application of the name V. brasiliensis. Telopea 7(2): 299-300 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. (28 May 2002), A taxonomic revision of the genus Verbena L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 20: 71 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Vellozo's Florae Fluminensi Icones (1831) t. 40 was chosen by Verdcourt (1992) Flora of Tropical East Africa as the lectotype

Munir, A.A. (28 May 2002), A taxonomic revision of the genus Verbena L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 20: 71 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Verbena litoralis var. brasiliensis (Vell.) Briq. legitimate

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Verbena litoralis var. brasiliensis (Vell.) Briq. legitimate

• APC Comment: A putative hybrid between Verbena quadrangularis and Verbena litoralis. Treated as V. litoralis var. brasiliensis in Qld and Vic.
• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Verbena quadrangularis Vell. legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Verbenaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 613

O'Leary, N., Mulgura, M.E. & Morrone, O. (2007), Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaceae): serie Pachystachyae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(3): 598 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata (Kuntze) N.O'Leary legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Verbena litoralis var. brasiliensis (Vell.) Briq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata (Kuntze) N.O'Leary legitimate

• APC Comment: A putative hybrid between Verbena quadrangularis and Verbena litoralis. Treated as V. litoralis var. brevibracteata in Qld.
• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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