Bremekamp, C.E.B. (1934), Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 37: 125 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Gulf of Carpentaria (Brown 3451 K. p.p. typus varietatis.)"

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 261 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 72 [secondary reference]

Reynolds, S.T. (22 September 1993), The genus Pavetta L. (Rubiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 4(1): 37 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pavetta brownii Bremek. var. brownii legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pavetta brownii Bremek. var. brownii legitimate

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