Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 68 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Near Red Lily Lagoon, G.F. Hill (No. 833), 6/4/1912; and also by F.v. Mueller, at Sturt's Creek."

• Comment: nom. illeg. non Poir. (1811)

Stanley, T.D. (21 August 1990), Two new species and a new name in Commelina L (Commelinaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(2): 238 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "near Red Lily Lagoon, 6 April 1912, G.F.Hill 833, (lecto(designated here): MEL; isolecto: NSW)"

Stanley, T.D. (21 August 1990), Two new species and a new name in Commelina L (Commelinaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(2): 238 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Commelina ciliata Stanley legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Commelinaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1020 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commelina ciliata Stanley legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Commelina ciliata Stanley legitimate

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