Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 199 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad Xalapa (Galeotti! in h. Hook.), Entre Rios (Tweedie!)."

Grisebach, A.H.R. (1879), Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen 24: 249 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Ruellia tweediana Griseb. nom. superfl.

Leonard, E.C. (1941), Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31(3): 96 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Ruellia brittoniana Leonard nom. superfl.

Bean, A.R. (2006), Ruellia tweediana, a new name for a well known Queensland weed. Plant Protection Quarterly 21(4): 171 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ruellia tweediana Griseb. nom. superfl.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ruellia simplex C.Wright legitimate

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