Choisy, J.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849), Nyctagineae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 453 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "praecipue in Archipelago indico. Vidi in h. DC. e Batavia (Deless.), Timor (h. mus. par.), Prome (Wall.323) in h. Boiss. e Java (Labill. Zoll. 2813), Swan River (Drummond 735). "

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 646 [basionym]

basionym of: Boerhavia diffusa f. acutifolia (Choisy) Domin legitimate

Moore, J.W. (1934), Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian ethnology and natural history 10(19): 6 [basionym]

basionym of: Boerhavia acutifolia (Choisy) J.W.Moore legitimate

Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 13 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Boerhavia glabrata Blume legitimate

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