Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 269 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 84 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 122 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 509 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 69 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 213 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 227 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Commelinceae,Eriocaulaceae, Centrolepidaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 427 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commelina cyanea R.Br. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 47 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 21 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 3 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Commelina cyanea R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 47

Forster, P.I. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Commelinaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2007: 50 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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

misapplied to: Commelina ciliata Stanley legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 47

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

pro parte misapplied to: Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 84

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 69

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell. legitimate by Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 227

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Commelina agrostophylla F.Muell. legitimate by Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 21

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