Craven, L.A. (13 September 1996), A taxonomic revision of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 9(4): 603-604, Fig. 56 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: Australia. Queensland: 7 km from Burketown on the Doomadgee road, 13 May 1987, Craven 8548 (CANB, holo.; A, BRI, E, iso.).

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Heliotropium sp. Burketown (L.A.Craven 8548) Qld Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Heliotropium sp. Glengalla (S.L.Everist 3043) Qld Herbarium [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Frohlich, M.W., Thulin, M. & Chase, M.W. (24 February 2020), Ninety-three new combinations in Euploca for species of Heliotropium section Orthostachys (Boraginaceae sensu APG). Phytotaxa 434(1): 17 [basionym]

basionym of: Euploca melanopedii (Craven) M.W.Frohl. & M.W.Chase legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Euploca melanopedii (Craven) M.W.Frohl. & M.W.Chase legitimate

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