Forster, P.I. & Halford, D.A. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Rubiaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 174 [primary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce sp. Temple Bay (P.I.Forster PIF8975) Qld Herbarium [n/a]

Forster, P.I. & Halford, D.A. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (23 July 2013), Rubiaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora: - [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. & Halford, D.A. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (August 2016), Rubiaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora: - [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2017), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2016 census to 2017 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2017: 25 [secondary reference]

• Text: "... removed, these specimens re-determined to Spermacoce pogostoma var. hispida F.M.Bailey (not a synonym of S. baileyana Domin)."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce pogostoma var. hispida F.M.Bailey legitimate

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