Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1830), Rubiaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 4: 420 [tax. nov.]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 158 [secondary reference]

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 716 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hedyotis philippensis (Spreng.) Merr. ex C.B.Rob. legitimate by Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 158

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 713 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hedyotis auricularia var. melanesica Fosberg legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Hedyotis lapeyrousii DC. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hedyotis auricularia var. melanesica Fosberg legitimate

Neupane, S., Dessein, S., Wikström, N., Lewis, P.O., Long, C., Bremer, B. & Motley, T.J. (April 2015), The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: Phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations. Taxon 64(2): 316 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here): Solomon Islands, Vanikoro, Lapeyrouse s.n. (P barcode P00698936 [image!]: isolectotypes: P barcodes P00698935 [image!] & P00698937 [image!}."

Neupane, S., Dessein, S., Wikström, N., Lewis, P.O., Long, C., Bremer, B. & Motley, T.J. (April 2015), The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: Phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations. Taxon 64(2): 316 [basionym]

basionym of: Exallage lapeyrousei (DC.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. legitimate

Gibbons, K.L. (June 2020), Hedyotis, Oldenlandia and related genera (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Australia: New genera and new combinations in an Asian-Australian-Pacific lineage. Taxon 69(3): 535 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Exallage lapeyrousei (DC.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. legitimate

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