Moldenke, H.N. (1940), Additional Verbenaceous Novelties. Phytologia 1(13): 437 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "collected by Eizi Matuda (no. 3218) at Reforma, Balancan, Tabasco, Mexico, , between May 22 and 26, 1939, and is deposited in the Britton Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden."

Munir, A.A. (30 January 1992), A taxonomic revision of Stachytarpheta Vahl (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 14(2): 146 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl legitimate

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