Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 151 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India utraque."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 426 [secondary reference]

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Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Plumbaginaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 151, Fig. 40C [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Plumbaginaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 131 [secondary reference]

common name: Leadwort [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 104 [secondary reference]

common name: Native Plumbago [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld, CSI, NSW, NI

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 310 [secondary reference]

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Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 80 [secondary reference]

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Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 403 [secondary reference]

common name: Leadwort [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Plumbago zeilanica F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld, CSI, NSW, NI

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