Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 375 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Rostellaria peploides Nees legitimate

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1159 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Justicia peploides (Nees) T.Anderson legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Justicia peploides (Nees) T.Anderson legitimate

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

misapplied to: Rostellularia obtusa Nees legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61

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