Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 447 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Victoria. Murray river, F. Mueller.; Wendu valley, Glenelg river, R. Robertson. S. Australia. Mount Gambier, F. Mueller W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, n. 727, Oldfield."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 257 [secondary reference]

common name: Goose-grass [n/a] common name: Cleavers [n/a]

McGillivray, D.J. (13 October 1983), A revision of Galium (Rubiaceae) in Australia and New Zealand. Telopea 2(4): 376 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Treated as a synonym of Galium aparine L., a naturalised alien

McGillivray, D.J. (13 October 1983), A revision of Galium (Rubiaceae) in Australia and New Zealand. Telopea 2(4): 376 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Galium aparine L. legitimate

Thompson, I.R. (5 January 2009), A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubiaceae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27(1): 108 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Galium spurium L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Galium spurium L. legitimate

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