Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(65): 146 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad maris sinum Rockingham's Bay; Dallachy"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 74 [basionym]

basionym of: Oldenlandia polyclada (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 237 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oldenlandia polyclada (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 45 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 48 [secondary reference]

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 696 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "[Queensland. NORTH KENNEDY DISTRICT:] Rockingham Bay, undated, Dallachy (lecto (here designated): MEL(MEL 61484))"

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 696 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oldenlandia polyclada (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Gibbons, K.L. (June 2020), Hedyotis, Oldenlandia and related genera (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Australia: New genera and new combinations in an Asian-Australian-Pacific lineage. Taxon 69(3): 534 [basionym]

basionym of: Scleromitrion polycladum (F.Muell.) K.L.Gibbons legitimate

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