Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (1958), The geographical relationships of the flora of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 473 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Spermacoce multicaulis Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Spermacoce multicaulis Benth. legitimate

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 multicaulis Benth. legitimate

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]

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