Chamisso, L.K.A. von (1832), Plantis in expeditione Romanzoffiana et in herbariis regiis observatis disserere pergitur. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 7: 107 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Luconiae in arenosis littoralibus prope cavite."

• Comment: Published as `β simplicifolia'.

Moldenke, H.N. (1958), Materials toward a monograph of the genus Vitex. X. Phytologia 6(3): 183 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Vitex ovata Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Vitex trifolia var. obovata Benth. legitimate

Moldenke, H.N. (1961), Additional notes on the genus Vitex. II. Phytologia 8(2): 86-88 [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): 53 [secondary reference]

• Type: Collector undesignated s.n., from sandy shores near Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, undated (possibly in Her. B, n.v.). Perhpas destroyed during the war.

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): 53 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vitex rotundifolia L.f. legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vitex rotundifolia L.f. legitimate

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