Willdenow, C.L. (1809), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis 2: 660 [tax. nov.]

Schauer, J.C. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1847), Verbenaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 683 [secondary reference]

Lam, H.J. (1919), The Verbenaceae of the Malayan Archipelago: 191 [basionym]

basionym of: Vitex negundo var. bicolor (Willd.) H.J.Lam legitimate

Moldenke, H.N. (1942), The Known Geographic Distribution of the Members of the Verbenaceae and Avicenniaceae: 79 [basionym]

basionym of: Vitex trifolia var. bicolor (Willd.) Moldenke legitimate

Moldenke, H.N. (1958), Materials toward a monograph of the genus Vitex. X. Phytologia 6(3): 174 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vitex trifolia var. bicolor (Willd.) Moldenke legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Verbenaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 371 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vitex trifolia var. bicolor (Willd.) Moldenke legitimate

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): 66 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Herb. Willdenow 11709. Habitat in India orientali, undated. A cultivated specimen form Botanical Garden at Berlin (B-W, microfiche!)."

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): 66 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vitex trifolia L. var. trifolia legitimate

de Kok, R.P.J. (2007), The genus Vitex L. (Lamiaceae) in New Guinea and the South Pacific Islands. Kew Bulletin 62(4): 597 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vitex trifolia L. subsp. trifolia legitimate

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