Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 625 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Earlia excelsa F.Muell. legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 132 [secondary reference]

common name: Scarlet Fuchsia [n/a] common name: Letter Leaf [n/a]

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 161-162 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Earlia excelsa F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Thyrsacanthus earlii F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. nomenclatural synonym: Graptophyllum earlii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 14 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 158 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. & Sharpe, P.R. (27 September 1991), Notes on Graptophyllum Nees (Acanthaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(3): 552-553 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Earlia excelsa F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Graptophyllum earlii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Thyrsacanthus earlii F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Graptophyllum thorogoodii C.T.White legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 300 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 54 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3004 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 9-10 [secondary reference]

common name: Letter-leaf [n/a] common name: Scarlet Fuchsia [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Earlia excelsa F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thyrsacanthus earlii F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Graptophyllum earlii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Graptophyllum thorogoodii C.T.White legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 5 [secondary reference]

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