Endlicher, S.F.L. (1842), Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis 2: 385 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Ceanothus africanus L. legitimate

Taplin, R.L. & Symon, D.E. (29 September 2008), Remnant horticultural plants at the site of the former Newman's Nursery, 1854-1932. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 88 [secondary reference]

common name: Noltea [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Ceanothus africanus L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Willemetia africana (L.) Brongn. legitimate isonym: Noltea africana (L.) Rchb. ex Harv. & Sond. isonym

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised)

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