Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1830), Rubiaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 4: 487 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pavetta javanica Blume legitimate

Forster, P.I. & Halford, D.A. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Rubiaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2007: 176 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: Recorded as doubtfully naturalised in Qld by P.D.Bostock & A.E.Holland, Census Queensland Fl. 176 (2007), but not known to be established in Australia.

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