Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 638 [tax. nov.]

Wangerin, W.L. (1936), Just's Botanischer Jahresbericht 56: 668 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. (13 March 1987), A taxonomic revision of the genus Vitex L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 10(1): 61 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Vitex benthamiana Domin legitimate by Wangerin, W.L. (1936), Just's Botanischer Jahresbericht 56: 668

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