Link, J.H.F. & Otto, C.F. (1821), Icones Plantarum Selectarum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis: 25-26, t. 11 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Bonnaya brachiata Link & Otto

• Etymology: "Sie ist zu Ehren des Herrn Marquis de Bonnay genannt worden, französischen Gesandten am Hofe zu Berlin, eines trefflichen Pflanzenkenners, besonders der Tangarten, wovon er eine ausgezeichnet schöne und reiche Sammlung zusammengebracht hat."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Botanical report on the north-Australian expedition under the command of A.C. Gregory Esq. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 2: 141 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 97 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lindernia All. legitimate

Urban, I. (1884), Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 2: 435 [basionym]

basionym of: Ilysanthes sect. Bonnaya (Link & Otto) Urb. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 361 [secondary reference]

Philcox, D. (1968), A revision of the Malesian Lindernia All. (Scrophulariaceae). Kew Bulletin 22(1): 51 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lindernia sect. Bonnaya Philcox nom. inval.

Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Scrophulariaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 333 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lindernia All. legitimate

Fischer, E., Schäferhoff, B. & Müller, K. (2013), The phylogeny of Linderniaceae - The new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia. Willdenowia 43(2): 220 [secondary reference]

Liang, Y.-S. & Wang, J.-C. (9 December 2014), A systematic study of Bonnaya section Bonnaya (Linderniaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 27(3): 185-186 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lindernia sect. Bonnaya Philcox nom. inval.

CHAH (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ilysanthes sect. Bonnaya (Link & Otto) Urb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lindernia sect. Bonnaya Philcox nom. inval.

• APC Comment: Included in Lindernia in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT, Qld

Biffin, E., Barker, W.R., Wannan, B. & Liang, Y.-S. (9 July 2018), The phylogenetic placement of Australian Linderniaceae and implications for generic taxonomy. Australian Systematic Botany 31(3): 250 [secondary reference]

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