Chippendale, G.M. (1960), Contributions to the Flora of Central Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 83: 202 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Spermacoce scabra Ewart nom. illeg.

• Comment: nom. nov., non Borreria scabra K.Schum. (1895).

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]

Marsden, C.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Rubiaceae (except Gardenia). Flora of Central Australia: 283 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce scabra Ewart nom. illeg.

Govaerts, R.H.A. (1996), World Checklist of Seed Plants 2: 16 [basionym]

basionym of: Spermacoce hillii (Chippend.) Govaerts legitimate

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 342 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Spermacoce hillii (Chippend.) Govaerts legitimate

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