Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1804), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 6(1): 349 [tax. nov.]

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Wallich, N. (15 August 1832), Acanthaceae Indiae orientalis. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 3(12): 81-82 [basionym]

basionym of: Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees legitimate

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Acanthaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 381, Fig. 84D-F [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dipteracanthus dejectus Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ruellia prostrata var. dejecta (Nees) C.B.Clarke legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees legitimate

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