Schauer, J.C. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1847), Verbenaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 660 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Indiâ orientali, e.g. pr. Tavoy et Tenasserim (Wall.!). Volkameria neriiflia Roxb. fl. ind. ed. 1832 v. 3 p. 64 ... (v.s. in h. DC. ab. ill. coetu mercat. Ind. orient. comm.)"

Gamble, J.S. in King, G. & Gamble, J.S. (1909), Verbenaceae, in Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. No. 21. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural history 74(2): 827-828 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Clerodendron neriifolium Schauer orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn. legitimate

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