Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 442 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Adenosma caerulea R.Br.

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 484 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pterostigma Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 97 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 466 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Stoechadomentha Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 538 [basionym]

basionym of: Stoechadomentha sect. Adenosma (R.Br.) Kuntze nom. illeg.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 360 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 19, 665 [secondary reference]

Fischer, E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Scrophulariaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 387-388 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 14 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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