Halford, D.A. (21 August 1990), Six new species of Hedyotis L. (Rubiaceae) from Northern Australia. Austrobaileya 3(2): 211, 214, Fig. 3A-D, Map 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Western Australia. GARDNER DISTRICT: 28 km S of Kununurra, east bank of spillway creek next to bridge on road to Ord Dam, 16°01'S, 128°47"E, 20 April 1989, D.Halford H54 (holo: BRI; iso: DNA,K,PERTH)."

• Etymology: The spedific epithet alludes to the overall delicate habit of the species.

Koch, B.L. & Halford, D.A. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Hedyotis. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 916, Fig. 282D [secondary reference]

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 708 [basionym]

basionym of: Oldenlandia delicata (Halford) Halford legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oldenlandia delicata (Halford) Halford 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): 533 [basionym]

basionym of: Scleromitrion delicatum (Halford) K.L.Gibbons legitimate

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