Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 410 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 74 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 241 [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: 306 [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): 260 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 72 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. (12 October 1989), Kailarsenia Tirvengadum emend. Puttock (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(1): 59 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Northern Territory. DARWIN AND GULF: Point S, Gulf of Carpentaria, 28 january 1803, Brown [3455], (lecto (here designated): BM(fruiting element on left of sheet); isolecto: K, two sheets)."

Puttock, C.F. (12 October 1989), Kailarsenia Tirvengadum emend. Puttock (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(1): 59 [basionym]

basionym of: Kailarsenia suffruticosa (R.Br. ex Benth.) Puttock legitimate

Tirvengadum, D.D. (1993), Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia. Nordic Journal of Botany 13: 181 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Larsenaikia suffruticosa Tirveng. nom. inval.

Govaerts, R.H.A. (29 November 2018), 101 nomenclatural corrections in preparation for the Plants of the World Online (POWO). Skvortsovia 4(3): 84 [basionym]

basionym of: Larsenaikia suffruticosa (R.Br. ex Benth.) Govaerts legitimate

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