Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 41 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Benghala."

Kleinschmidt, H.E. & Johnson, R.W. (1977), Weeds of Queensland: 268 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 9 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Commelinaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 76 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Commelinaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 441-442 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Commelinaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 259 [secondary reference]

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