Vahl, M.(H.) (1804), Enumeratio Plantarum 1: 206 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Verbena jamaicensis L. legitimate

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 3 [secondary reference]

Hitchcock, A.S. (1893), List of plants collected in the Bahamas, Jamaica and Grand Cayman. Report (Annual) of the Missouri Botanical Garden 4: 117 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Abena jamaicensis (L.) Hitchc. legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 292 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 256 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Verbenaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 366, Fig. 51G [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Verbena jamaicensis L. legitimate common name: Light Blue Snakeweed [n/a] common name: Jamaica Snakeweed [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 80 [secondary reference]

Munir, A.A. (30 January 1992), A taxonomic revision of Stachytarpheta Vahl (Verbenaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 14(2): 139-145, Figs 1A, 2, Map 1 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: lecto: S, microfiche no. 7.13; isolecto: S, fiche 7.9 & 7.11, LINN 35.2 (fide: Ros. Fernandes in Bol. Soc. Brot. Ser. 2, 57 (1984): 96-98).

nomenclatural synonym: Verbena jamaicensis L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Zappania jamaicensis (L.) Lam. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Valerianoides jamaicense (L.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Abena jamaicensis (L.) Hitchc. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Stachytarpheta indica var. jamaicensis (L.) Razi legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta marginata Vahl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta pilosiuscula Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta bogoriensis Zoll. & Moritzi legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta villosa Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta friedrichsthalii Hayek legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. albiflora Standl. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl legitimate by Schauer, J.C. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1847), Verbenaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 564

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Verbenaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 361, Fig. 74 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Verbena jamaicensis L. legitimate misapplication: Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl legitimate by Baker, E.G. in Andrews, C.W. (1900), Gamopetalae. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): 184

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: 313 [secondary reference]

Williams, D.G. (1994), Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 404: 24 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Snakeweed [n/a]

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: 91 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 550 [secondary reference]

common name: Light Blue Snakeweed [n/a] common name: Jamaica Snakeweed [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Verbena jamaicensis L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Zappania jamaicensis (L.) Lam. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Valerianoides jamaicense (L.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Abena jamaicensis (L.) Hitchc. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Stachytarpheta indica var. jamaicensis (L.) Razi legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta marginata Vahl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta pilosiuscula Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta bogoriensis Zoll. & Moritzi legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta villosa Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta friedrichsthalii Hayek legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. albiflora Standl. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl legitimate by Schauer, J.C. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1847), Verbenaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 564 misapplication: Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl legitimate by Baker, E.G. in Andrews, C.W. (1900), Gamopetalae. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): 184

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

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