Brückner, G. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (April 1930), Commelinaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Edn. 2, 15a: 173 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Commelina vaginatum L. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 227 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 21 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Commelina vaginatum L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aneilema vaginata Wall. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Aneilema vaginatum (L.) R.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Aneilema vaginatum (L.) Wall. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld (naturalised)

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