Pohl, J.B.E. (1831), Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones 2: 85, t. 156 [tax. nov.]

Ezcurra, C. (1989), Darwiniana 29: 278 [basionym]

basionym of: Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C. Ezcurra legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Stephanophysum longifolium Pohl legitimate

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