Commelinaceae Mirb.
Cartonema spicatum R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 271 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(T.) v.v."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 122 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 565 [secondary reference]
Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 321 [secondary reference]
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 213 [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): 227 BHL [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 47 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 21 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Commelinaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1019, Fig. 306B [secondary reference]
Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in NT.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld