Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 371 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Justicia diffusa Willd. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Justicia diffusa Willd. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 95 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 152, 325 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 13 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Rostellularia adscendens (R.Br.) R.M.Barker legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 95

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Rostellularia adscendens (R.Br.) R.M.Barker legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 152, 325

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

misapplied to: Rostellularia adscendens subsp. clementii (Domin) R.M.Barker legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 95

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