Persoon, C.H. (September 1807), Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 2(2): 472 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited)

Jansen, R.K. (1985), Systematic Botany Monographs: - [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: here designated: Acmella oppositifolia (Lamarck) R.K.Jansen

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Acmella. Flora of New South Wales 3: 273 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 471-472 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 9 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Trib. Heliantheae Subtrib. 4. Spilanthinae. Flora of Australia 37: 543-544 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from Greek akme (point or peak) and -ella, a Latin diminutive sufffix, probably alluding to the small spinous pappus bristles."

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