Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Polygaleae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 334 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Nov.-Holl. prope flumen Endeavour (v.s. in h. Banks)."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 145 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 8 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 15 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 44 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 160 [basionym]

basionym of: Bredemeyera secunda (DC.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 243 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (14 July 1984), A revision of Comesperma (Polygalaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(1): 9-10 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera secunda (DC.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 68 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Polygalaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 638-639, Fig. 197A [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Comesperma secunda DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera secunda (DC.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate taxonomic synonym: Comesperma sp. A Kimberley Flora (K.F.Kenneally 9242) [n/a]

• APC Comment: The voucher specimen associated with the phrase name "Comesperma sp. A Kimberley Flora (K.F.Kenneally 9242)" has since been re-identified as Comesperma secundum DC. This should not be confused with the specimen described and illustrated in Fl. Kimberley Reg. 639, fig. 197B (1992), which represents the taxon currently known as Comesperma sp. A Kimberley Flora (D.W.Rust 8) WA Herbarium [PERTH accession 01854593].
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 510 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Comesperma sp. A Kimberley Flora (K.F.Kenneally 9242) [n/a]

Ford, A.J., Halford, D.A., Van Der Merwe, M & Mathieson, M.T. (17 August 2017), A revision of the tropical white-flowered species of Comesperma (Polygalaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 30(2): 178 [secondary reference]

• Type: "‘in Nov.-Holl. prope flumen Endeavour’. Type: Banks s.n. (holo: G-DC)"

nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera secunda (DC.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate

• Etymology: "The epithet secundum is derived from the Latin secundus (turned towards the same side), alluding to this species having upturned pedicels. This condition is not obvious in many herbarium specimens, although in the field, it is clearly seen, especially where the plant is leaning and the pedicels closest to the ground are upturned (and curved) towards the inflorescence rhachis."

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

orthographic variant: Comesperma secunda DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera secunda (DC.) Ewart & O.B.Davies legitimate taxonomic synonym: Comesperma sp. A Kimberley Flora (K.F.Kenneally 9242) [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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