Michael, P.W. (13 December 1995), A new name for a widespread and misunderstood species of Verbena (Verbenaceae). Telopea 6(2-3): 181-182 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Victoria: Bright-Tawonga Rd. 6 miles (9.7 km) ESE of Bright, c. 2 miles (3.2 km) E of Tawonga-Harrietville road fork, R.V.Smith 64/64, 25 March 1964 (MEL); isotype NSW.

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 58 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Verbenaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 416, Fig 80e [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. (28 May 2002), A taxonomic revision of the genus Verbena L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 20: 31 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Michael, P.W. (13 December 1995), A new name for a widespread and misunderstood species of Verbena (Verbenaceae). Telopea 6(2-3): 181-182

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

pro parte misapplication: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Munir, A.A. (28 May 2002), A taxonomic revision of the genus Verbena L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 20: 30-33, Fig. 1 misapplication: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), Observations on the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(2): 150 misapplication: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 157 misapplication: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 278

• APC Comment: Included in V. bonariensis var. bonariensis in Vic and in V. bonariensis in Tas.
• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Purpletop [n/a]

O'Leary, N., Mulgura, M.E. & Morrone, O. (2007), Revision taxonomica de las especies del genero Verbena (Verbenaceae): serie Pachystachyae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(3): 582 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Verbena bonariensis L. var. bonariensis legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 81 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Verbena bonariensis L. legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 58

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