Williams, F.N. (1905), Liste des plantes connues du Siam. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 5: 956 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Spermacoce articularis L.f. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 71 [secondary reference]

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 324 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce articularis L.f. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce articularis L.f. legitimate

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