Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1830), Rubiaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 4: 572 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Spermacoce hirta L. legitimate

White, C.T. (1944), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 55: 68 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 326-327, Fig. 46K [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Spermacoce hirta L. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 72 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 311 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 444 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Mitracarpus hirtum DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Spermacoce hirta L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 4 [secondary reference]

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