Cavanilles, A.J. (1797), Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 4(1): 32 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Pfeiffer, L.K.G. (1874), Nomenclator Botanicus: 1284 [secondary reference]

• Type: Stevia salicifolia Cav.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1025 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 86 [secondary reference]

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Stevia. Flora of New South Wales 3: 150 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 822 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Orchard, A.E., Cross, E.W. & Bayer, R.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Stevia. Flora of Australia 37: 590 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "named in honour of Petri Iacobi Stevii (Steve or Esteve), a medical practitioner and botany professor of Valencia, Spain, in the mid 16th century."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Mustelia Spreng. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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