Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 621 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Celsia orientalis L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 272 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1855), Third systematic index of the plants of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 9 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 228 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 360 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 506 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Olaus Celsius, 1670-1756, orientalist and botanist, professor at the University of Upsala."

Hultén, O.E.G. (1945), Acta Universitatis Lundensis, new series 41: 1-237 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 763 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Olaus Celsius, 1670-1756, orientalist and botanist, professor at the University of Upsala."

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 513 [secondary reference]

Ferguson, I.K. (1971), Notes on the genus Verbascum (Scrophulariaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 64: 229 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Verbascum L. legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 88 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Verbascum L. legitimate

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Verbascum L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Verbascum L. legitimate

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