Anderson, T. (23 August 1867), An enumeration of the Indian species of Acanthaceae. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 9(40): 456 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Justicia polysperma Roxb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Justicia polysperma Roxb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hemiadelphis polysperma (Roxb.) Nees legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 5 [secondary reference]

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