Valeton, T. (1910), Rubiaceae. Nova Guinea 8: 516 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 325 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. (1962), The nomenclature of some Borreria species from Northern Australia. Kew Bulletin 16(2): 239 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 260 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 188 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Rubiaceae (except Gardenia). Flora of Central Australia: 282 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 154 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 327 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 71 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Spermacoce. Flora of New South Wales 3: 492 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Spermacoce. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 926 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 326 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate

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