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

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 511 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1857), Notes made during the recent expedition across the northern portion of Australia, under the command of Mr Surveyor Gregory. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 167 [secondary reference]

Miquel, F.A.W. (1858), Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 2(5): 859 [secondary reference]

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]

Kurz, W.S. (1877), Forest Flora of British Burma 2: 270 [basionym]

basionym of: Vitex agnus-castus var. trifolia (L.) Kurz legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 103 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 235 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 386 [secondary reference]

common name: The Hand of Mary [n/a]

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1114 [secondary reference]

Moldenke, H.N. (1958), Materials toward a monograph of the genus Vitex. X. Phytologia 6(3): 165-174 [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: 292 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vitex ovata Thunb. legitimate

Moldenke, H.N. (1961), Additional notes on the genus Vitex. II. Phytologia 8(2): 83-84 [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): 256 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 210 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 292 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 144 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Verbenaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 371 [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): 65-66 APC [secondary reference]

• Type: "Collector not known, Herb. Linnaeus 811/7, India, loc. incert. undated (LINN, microfiche!)."

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

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): 55 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Vitex rotundifolia L.f. legitimate by Miquel, F.A.W. (1858), Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 2(5): 859

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Verbenaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 794, Fig. 242G [secondary reference]

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Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

de Kok, R.P.J. (2007), The genus Vitex L. (Lamiaceae) in New Guinea and the South Pacific Islands. Kew Bulletin 62(4): 596 [secondary reference]

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