Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 108 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Anglia, Gallia."

Ewart, A.J. & White, J. (1909), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. 10. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 21(2): 541 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 616 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (5 January 2009), A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubiaceae: Rubiaceae) in Australia. Muelleria 27(1): 107 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Galium divaricatum Pourr. ex Lam. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 616

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

misapplied to: Galium divaricatum Pourr. ex Lam. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 616

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