Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 257 [autonym]

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Acanthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 610 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Justicia procumbens var. adscendens (R.Br.) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Justicia procumbens var. typica Domin nom. inval. pro parte misapplication: Justicia procumbens L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (1834), Labiatarum Genera et Species 5: 549 misapplication: Rostellularia pogonanthera F.Muell. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 6 [secondary reference]

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