Linnaeus, C. in Murray, J.A. (ed.) (1774), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 13: 260 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Commelina axillaris L. legitimate

Salisbury, R.A. (1812), On the cultivation of rare plants. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 1: 271 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Zygomenes axillaris Salisb. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 131 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet legitimate

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