Linnaeus, C. [filius] (April 1782), Supplementum Plantarum: 293 [tax. nov.]

Schauer, J.C. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1847), Verbenaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 692 [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): 49 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Vitex helogiton K.Schum. & Lauterb. legitimate by Schauer, J.C. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1847), Verbenaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 692

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