Bentham, G. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1846), Scrophulariaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 10: 426 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novâ Zeelandiâ ( Colenso )... (v. in herb. Hooker.)"

Hooker, J.D. (1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(3): 190 [basionym]

basionym of: Glossostigma elatinoides (Benth.) Hook.f. legitimate

Barker, W.R. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Scrophulariaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 494 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Glossostigma elatinoides (Benth.) Hook.f. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Glossostigma elatinoides (Benth.) Hook.f. legitimate

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