Bremekamp, C.E.B. (1952), Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Tweede Sectie 48(2): 142 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Metabolos radicans Bartl. ex DC. legitimate

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 714 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hedyotis radicans (Bartl. ex DC.) Miq. legitimate

Gibbons, K.L. (June 2020), Hedyotis, Oldenlandia and related genera (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Australia: New genera and new combinations in an Asian-Australian-Pacific lineage. Taxon 69(3): 535-536 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metabolos radicans Bartl. ex DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Oldenlandia radicans (Bartl. ex DC.) Kuntze legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 17 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hedyotis radicans (Bartl. ex DC.) Miq. legitimate

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 12 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hedyotis radicans (Bartl. ex DC.) Miq. legitimate

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