Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1792), Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1, 1(2): 273 [tax. nov.]

Bacigalupo, N.M. & Cabral, E.L. (1999), Sobre la identidad de dos especies de Lamarck, Spermacoce laevis y S. remota (Rubiaceae, Spermacoce). Darwiniana 37(3-4): 334 [basionym]

basionym of: Borreria remota (Lam.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral legitimate

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 355-356, Fig 30 [secondary reference]

• Type: E Domingo, I. Martin; holo: P-LA

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria remota (Lam.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Borreria assurgens (Ruiz & Pav.) Griseb. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Borreria remota (Lam.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Borreria assurgens (Ruiz & Pav.) Griseb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spermacoce sp. (Slade Point G.N.Batianoff+ 920825) [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav. legitimate

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