Chamisso, L.K.A. von (1832), Plantis in expeditione Romanzoffiana et in herbariis regiis observatis disserere pergitur. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 7: 267 [tax. nov.]

Munir, A.A. (28 May 2002), A taxonomic revision of the genus Verbena L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 20: 39 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: Sello ("Sellow") s.n., 'Brasilia merid.', undated (P - neotype designated here: K, P 2 spec. - isolectotypes)

Munir, A.A. (28 May 2002), A taxonomic revision of the genus Verbena L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 20: 39 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Verbena rigida Spreng. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Verbena rigida Spreng. legitimate

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Verbena rigida Spreng. legitimate

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