Linnaeus, C. (1759), Systema Naturae Edn. 10, 2: 1097 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Browne s.n., jamaica

Poiteau, P.A. (1806), Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 7: 474 [basionym]

basionym of: Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 525 [basionym]

basionym of: Mesosphaerum pectinatum (L.) Kuntze legitimate

Keng, W. (1978), Labiatae. Flora Malesiana Series I 8(3): 371 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit. legitimate

Harley, R.M. & Pastore, J.F.B. (2012), A generic revision and new combinations in the Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae), based on molecular and morphological evidence. Phytotaxa 58: 32 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesosphaerum pectinatum (L.) Kuntze legitimate

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