Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 16 [tax. nov.]

Burman, N.L. (1768), Flora Indica: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non Prodromus Florae Capensis: 8, t. 4, fig. 1 [secondary reference]

Jussieu, A.L. de (1807), Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 9: 268 [basionym]

basionym of: Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss. legitimate

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Wallich, N. (15 August 1832), Acanthaceae Indiae orientalis. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 3(12): 112 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Dicliptera burmanni Nees nom. illeg. by Burman, N.L. (1768), Flora Indica: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non Prodromus Florae Capensis: 8, t. 4, fig. 1

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss. legitimate

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