Wallich, N. in Roxburgh, W. (1824), Flora Indica [microform] : or descriptions of Indian plants / by William Roxburgh, to which are added descriptions of plants more recently discovered by Nathaniel Wallich ; edited by William Carey 2: 2-3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cultivated by the Rev. Dr. Carey, in whose garden it came up accidentally. I have received specimens from the vicinity of Katumanda and Gosain-Than, in Nepala."

Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (June 1883), Boragineae. The Flora of British India 4(10): 151 [basionym]

basionym of: Heliotropium strigosum var. brevifolium (Wall.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Kazmi, S.M.A. (1970), A Revision of the Boraginaceae of West Pakistan and Kashmir. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 51(2): 153 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Type: India, Wallich 914 (K)."

Kazmi, S.M.A. (1970), A Revision of the Boraginaceae of West Pakistan and Kashmir. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 51(2): 153 [basionym]

basionym of: Heliotropium strigosum subsp. brevifolium (Wall.) Kazmi legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heliotropium strigosum subsp. brevifolium (Wall.) Kazmi legitimate

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