Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (1847), Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 462, bis [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hampshire hills; Gunn" [given by E.A.Shaw & W.B.Turrill, Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew (18 Apr. 1928) 90 as "Hampshire Hills, 1837, R. Gunn 892."].

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(80): 188 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Galium umbrosum G.Forst. ex Hook.f. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Airy Shaw, H.K. & Turrill, W.B. (18 April 1928), Asperulae Australienses. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 3: 90 [basionym]

basionym of: Asperula gunnii var. curta (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw & Turrill legitimate

Thompson, I.R. (5 January 2009), A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubiaceae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27(1): 64 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asperula gunnii Hook.f. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Asperula gunnii Hook.f. legitimate

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