Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 186, 304-305, Fig. 23 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hemple Bay, Groote Eylandt (coastal dune): 423. ... Type–R.L. Specht 423–Brisbane (BRI)."

Specht, R.L. (1962), The nomenclature of some Borreria species from Northern Australia. Kew Bulletin 16(2): 240 [secondary reference]

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]

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

Clarkson, J.R. (22 September 1993), Nomenclatural changes in Spermacoce L. (Rubiaceae). Austrobaileya 4(1): 117 [basionym]

basionym of: Spermacoce gilliesae (Specht) J.R.Clarkson legitimate

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 340 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce gilliesae (Specht) J.R.Clarkson legitimate

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