Schauer, J.C. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1847), Verbenaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 683 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in insulâ Mauritii (Sieber!) et in littoribus arenosis Luconiae ad Cavite (Cham.! utroque loco unâ cum formâ α), in Chinâ ad promont. Syng-moon (Meyen!) et circa Cantonem (Millet, Vachell n. 174), in Japoniâ (Thunb., Goering!), in oris marit. Nov. Holl. trop. (R.Br.), in ins. Oweehe (Macrae!). ... (v.v.c. et s. silv. in h. berol.!, Lucae et DC.)"

Moldenke, H.N. (1958), Materials toward a monograph of the genus Vitex. X. Phytologia 6(3): 83 [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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vitex rotundifolia L.f. legitimate

de Kok, R.P.J. (2007), The genus Vitex L. (Lamiaceae) in New Guinea and the South Pacific Islands. Kew Bulletin 62(4): 599 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vitex trifolia subsp. litoralis Steenis legitimate

---