Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 108 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Ageratum mexicanum Sweet legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 258 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ageratum conyzoides var. mexicanum DC. orth. var.

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