Schumann, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (August 1891), Rubiaceae [continued]. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV, 4(64): 144 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Spermacoce inaperta F.Muell. 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]

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 inaperta F.Muell. legitimate

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