Gledhill, D. (December 1962), Biosystematic studies of the Axonopus compressus complex: a new subspecies in West Africa. Phytomorphology 12: 413, Figs 1, 2B, 3C [tax. nov.]

• Type: "The type locality in Hastings village, Sierra Leone. Also present at Rokupr, Njala, Bo, Wellington and Freetown and in Robertsfield, Liberia, Esiama and Achimota, Ghana and Opobo, Nigeria. Type specimens (Fig. 1) are lodged in the herbarium of Fourah Bay College and at K."

Gledhill, D. (1966), Cytotaxonomic revision of the Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv. complex. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana 40: 126 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Gledhill 54 (SL.) (Isotype K)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv. legitimate

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