Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 40 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in America."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlvii [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 59 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(80): 191 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 508 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Commelina cyanea R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 59

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Commelina cyanea R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(80): 191

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

taxonomic synonym of: Commelina cyanea R.Br. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 418 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Commelina cyanea R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 59

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

misapplied to: Commelina cyanea R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(62): 59

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