Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 40 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In vicinia fluminis Dawson River; F.M. Ad flumen Isaacs River; E. Bowman."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 405 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Oldenlandia trachymenoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 237, Fig. 210 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1170 [basionym]

basionym of: Anotis trachymenoides (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Rubiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 323, Fig. 46C [secondary reference]

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 703 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "[Queensland.] Dawson River, F.Mueller (lecto (here designated): K; isolecto: MEL(MEL 61488))"

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 706 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oldenlandia mitrasacmoides subsp. trachymenoides (F.Muell.) Halford legitimate

Halford, D.A. (9 September 1992), Review of the genus Oldenlandia L. (Rubiaceae) and related genera in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 703 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Oldenlandia mitrasacmoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Gibbons, K.L. (June 2020), Hedyotis, Oldenlandia and related genera (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Australia: New genera and new combinations in an Asian-Australian-Pacific lineage. Taxon 69(3): 533 [basionym]

basionym of: Paranotis mitrasacmoides subsp. trachymenoides (F.Muell.) Pedley ex K.L.Gibbons legitimate

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