Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2: 752 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Verbena javanica Burm.f. legitimate

Meeuse, A.D.J. (1942), Notes on Javanese Verbenaceae. Blumea 5(1): 68 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. (23 July 1993), A taxonomic revision of the genus Lippia [Houst. ex] Linn. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(2): 136 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson var. alba legitimate by Meeuse, A.D.J. (1942), Notes on Javanese Verbenaceae. Blumea 5(1): 68

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson legitimate by Meeuse, A.D.J. (1942), Notes on Javanese Verbenaceae. Blumea 5(1): 68

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