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• Type: Browallia americana L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 278 [secondary reference]

• Type: Browallia americana L.

White, C.T. (1936), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 47: 73 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 894, 895 [secondary reference]

Symon, D.E. (2 June 1981), The Solanaceous genera, Browallia, Capsicum, Cestrum, Cyphomandra, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nierembergia, Physalis, Petunia, Salpichroa and Withania, naturalised in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3 (2): 134-135 [secondary reference]

Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 61-62 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (formerly naturalised)

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