Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 638 [primary reference]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlvi. [secondary reference]

Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (August 1885), Verbenaceae. The Flora of British India 4(12): 583 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 84, Code 562 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 84, 128, 147, Code 562 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. (13 March 1987), A taxonomic revision of the genus Vitex L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 10(1): 67 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Vitex trifolia L. var. trifolia legitimate by Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (August 1885), Verbenaceae. The Flora of British India 4(12): 583

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