Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1849), Niger Flora: 403 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "[Liberia.] Cape Palmas, Vogel [51].

Hiern, W.P. in Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. (ed.) (1877), Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 61 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oldenlandia caespitosa (Benth.) Hiern legitimate

Verdcourt, B. (1975), Studies in the Rubiaceae-Rubioideae for the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa': I. Kew Bulletin 30(2): 298 [basionym]

basionym of: Oldenlandia corymbosa var. caespitosa (Benth.) Verdc. legitimate

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 692 [secondary reference]

• Type: "[Africa.] Liberia, Cape Palmas Vogel 51 (holo: K, photo BRI)."

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 692 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oldenlandia corymbosa var. caespitosa (Benth.) Verdc. legitimate

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